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1. latter
adjective. ['ˈlætɝ'] referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several).
Antonyms
Etymology
- lætra (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Latter
- chitterchatter
- mcphatter
- mcfatter
- antimatter
- vannatter
- vannater
- vanatter
- spatter
- smatter
- scatter
- vatter
- tatter
- tatar
- shatter
- satter
- sater
- patter
- natter
- matter
- mater
- hatter
- fatter
- chatter
- batter
- attar
How do you pronounce latter?
Pronounce latter as ˈlætər.
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Sentences with latter
1. Adjective
(The extra pressure would be in the rear wheels in the latter case.)
2. Noun, singular or mass
The latter is usually buried beneath the soil near, but not too near, your home.
Quotes about latter
1. I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I often sort of wonder. I don't think I'm a terribly good grown-up; I don't take responsibility easily or well in many areas of life. Finance and stuff like that, I'm absolutely appalling.
- Graeme Base
2. Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
- Friedrich Schiller
3. As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
2. latter-day
adjective. belonging to the present or recent times.
Antonyms
Etymology
- day (English)
- day (Middle English (1100-1500))
- latter (English)
- lætra (Old English (ca. 450-1100))