latter: Meaning and Definition of
lat•ter
Pronunciation: (lat'ur), [key]
— adj.
- being the second mentioned of two (distinguished from former): I prefer the latter offer to the former one.
- more advanced in time; later: in these latter days of human progress.
- near or comparatively near to the end: the latter part of the century.
- last; final.
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