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latter |
Grep of noun latter church of jesus christ of latter-day saints clatter latter latter-day saint platter spin the platter splatter Overview of noun latter The noun latter has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. latter -- (the second of two or the second mentioned of two "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today") Overview of adj latter The adj latter has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (52) latter -- (referring to the the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case") 2. (3) later last latter -- (more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century") Antonyms of adj latter 2 senses of latter Sense 1 latter(postnominal) (vs. former) former(postnominal) (vs. latter) Sense 2 later(postnominal), last(postnominal), latter(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA middle, late) -> early INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle Similarity of adj latter 2 senses of latter Sense 1 latter(postnominal) (vs. former) => last mentioned Sense 2 later(postnominal), last(postnominal), latter(postnominal) => late (vs. early) (vs. middle) Attributes of adj latter Familiarity of adj latter latter used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj latter latter latter-day Overview of noun latter The noun latter has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. latter -- (the second of two or the second mentioned of two "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today") Overview of adj latter The adj latter has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (52) latter -- (referring to the the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case") 2. (3) later last latter -- (more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century")
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