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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
later
adv
  1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"
    Synonym(s): subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on
  2. at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"
    Synonym(s): by and by, later
  3. comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you did"
adj
  1. coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
    Synonym(s): later(a), ulterior, posterior
  2. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"
    Synonym(s): late, later(a)
    Antonym(s): early
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl.
      {Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[91]t; akin to OS. lat,
      D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw.
      lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to
      permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]
      1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or
            proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
            late spring.
  
      2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of
            the day; a late period of life.
  
      3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not
            now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as,
            the late bishop of London; the late administration.
  
      4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the
            late rains; we have received late intelligence.
  
      5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;
            as, late revels; a late watcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Later \Lat"er\, a.
      Compar. of {Late}, a. & adv.
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