LekhoriLekhoricomparative form of late: more late
You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
At some unspecified time in the future.
I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
comparative form of late: more late
Jim was later than John.
Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
* Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate...
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The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase
I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.