linking adverb / temporal adverb · neutral
later
UK/ˈleɪtə/US/ˈleɪtər/LA·ter
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at a time in the future or after the time you are talking about; afterward
Examples
“I'll call you later tonight.”
“He said he would explain it later.”
“We can discuss the details later in the meeting.”
Band 8 sentence
“We addressed minor issues first and dealt with the major problems later in the project timeline.”
Collocations
- later on
- a little later
Word family
later (adv) adverblater (adj, e.g., the later stages) adjective
Common mistakes
latter→later
I will call you later yesterday→I called you yesterday / I will call you later
Say it for a higher band
5then→6afterwards→7+later
Synonyms
afterwards
then
Easily confused
latter
“Between tea and coffee, I prefer the latter.”
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