"latter" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "latter",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The price of oil could reach $150 by the latter half of the decade."
        },
        {
          "text": "We used soap rather than shampoo even though I prefer the latter. (here \"latter\" refers to shampoo, \"former\" would refer to soap)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The latter half, case, etc. is the second of two."
      ],
      "id": "simple-latter-en-adj-TYyCZFk0"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Internet only became well known in the latter part of the 20th century."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The latter part of a period of time is the part near the end."
      ],
      "id": "simple-latter-en-adj-dD7PUKye"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæt.ər/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lăt'ə(r)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæt.ə(r)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-latter.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "ladder"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "latter"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "latter",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The price of oil could reach $150 by the latter half of the decade."
        },
        {
          "text": "We used soap rather than shampoo even though I prefer the latter. (here \"latter\" refers to shampoo, \"former\" would refer to soap)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The latter half, case, etc. is the second of two."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Internet only became well known in the latter part of the 20th century."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The latter part of a period of time is the part near the end."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæt.ər/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lăt'ə(r)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæt.ə(r)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-latter.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "ladder"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "latter"
}