latter
IPA: ɫˈætɝ
adjective
- Relating to or being the second of two items.
- Near (or nearer) to the end.
- In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
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Examples of "latter" in Sentences
- Is the former a typo of the latter
- If the latter, it was a seditious libel.
- It is secondarily extended to the latter.
- The latter was the final issue of that periodical.
- The latter half of the last century was less eventful.
- It is the shortcoming of the latter, not the aforementioned.
- The latter of these is usually the last item in the bulletin.
- The latter is a lot more dogmatic and extreme than the latter.
- The latter emerges the victor and finally gets hold of the Minnie.
- Analgesia by the latter combination is very long lasting in animals.
- If my read of my neighbors plate is accurate, the latter translates as cold hash browns.
- Luckily for us lazy Linux geeks the latter is automagically put in if you use tab auto-completion.
- Furthermore, if the latter is the case then other retailers are benefitting from Wal Mart's higher tax payments.
- * It's easier to prove a global warming trend than "changing the climate" since the latter is a convoluted concept.
- But the faculty of judgment normally prevents us from falling into mere free - association mode: the latter is the stuff of paranoia and conspiracy theories.
- Henrik Pont̩n (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau), Monique Wadsted (movie industry lawyer) and Peter Danowsky (IFPI) Рthe latter is also a member of the board of the association.
- You seem to be confusing Congress exercising direct willpower over the world versus merely exercising direct willpower over itself, and the latter is actually something it can straightforwardly do.
- With (500) Days, Sin Nombre and A Serious Man in competition, Precious really didn't deserve to win either best film or best director (the latter is a total joke, the directing was by far the weakest part of the movie, I mean, compare that to the job that the Coens did)
- The latter regarded the former as inftru - ments of power* wifliing ro pay their court to the Mother Countiyf by curbing the fpirit of American freedom* and the fornex kept a flridl eye on the latter* left they might fmooth the way to independency* at which they were charged, with aiming.