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Original entry ↗comparative form of late: more late · Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). · At some unspecified time in the future. · What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
See you later; goodbye.
comparative form of late: more late · Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). · Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase) · At some time in the future.
* 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 with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).
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