Thesaurus: latter

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1. a. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
2. a. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
3. a. Recent; modern.
4. a. Last; latest; final.
5. adj. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
6. n. the second of two or the second mentioned of two
7. 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain. 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts. 3. Recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania Locke. 4. Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak. Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. -- Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
8. d:100 n. the second of two or the second mentioned of two a. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)