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{
"term": "later",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**See you later**."
},
{
"text": "I met her again three years later."
},
{
"text": "His father died later that year."
},
{
"text": "We're going to Rome later in the year."
},
{
"text": "She **later became** a doctor."
},
{
"text": "I discovered later that he'd known all about it from the beginning."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a way of saying goodbye, used by young people",
"labels": "British English also(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Later, guys!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm going out later on."
},
{
"text": "Much later on, she realized what he had meant."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "by a particular time and not after it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please arrive no later than 8 o'clock."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sooner or later you will have to make a decision."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "after a short time rather than after a long time",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtə(r)/",
"audio": "la/later/later__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtər/",
"audio": "la/later/later__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}