Latter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the second of two or the second mentioned of two

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈæɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈatə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈatə/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈæɾɚ/.

Examples

Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today
in the latter case

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

former

Parts of Speech

noun	the second of two or the second mentioned of two “Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today”
adjective	referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several) “in the latter case”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

letztere

der zweite von zwei oder der zweite von zwei

🇫🇷French

dernier

le deuxième de deux ou le deuxième mentionné de deux

🇪🇸Spanish

último

el segundo de dos o el segundo mencionado de dos

🇮🇹Italian

più recente

il secondo di due o il secondo menzionato di due

🇳🇱Dutch

laatstgenoemd

de tweede van twee of de tweede genoemde van twee

🇵🇹Portuguese

último

o segundo de dois ou o segundo mencionado de dois

🇷🇺Russian

последний

второй из двух или второй упомянутый из двух

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बाद वाला

दो में से दूसरा या दो में से दूसरा उल्लेखित

🇧🇩Bengali

পরের

দুটির দ্বিতীয় বা দুটির দ্বিতীয়টি উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে

🇮🇳Tamil

பிந்தையது

இரண்டில் இரண்டாவது அல்லது இரண்டில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட இரண்டாவது

🇮🇳Telugu

తరువాతి

రెండింటిలో రెండవది లేదా రెండింటిలో రెండవది ప్రస్తావించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

नंतरचे

दोनपैकी दुसरा किंवा दोनपैकी दुसरा उल्लेख

🇮🇳Gujarati

બાદમાં

બેમાંથી બીજો અથવા બેમાંથી બીજો ઉલ્લેખિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಂತರದ

ಎರಡರಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೆಯದು ಅಥವಾ ಎರಡರಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೆಯದು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്നീടത്

രണ്ടിൽ രണ്ടാമത്തേത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ രണ്ടിൽ രണ്ടാമത്തേത് പരാമർശിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਅਦ ਵਿੱਚ

ਦੋ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਜਾਂ ਦੋ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਜ਼ਿਕਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بعد میں

دو میں سے دوسرا یا دو کا ذکر دوسرا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

后者

两个中的第二个或两个中提到的第二个

🇯🇵Japanese

後者

2 つのうち 2 番目、または 2 つのうち 2 番目に言及されたもの

🇰🇷Korean

후자

두 번째 중 두 번째 또는 두 번째로 언급된 두 번째

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sau này

cái thứ hai trong hai hoặc cái thứ hai được đề cập trong hai

🇹🇭Thai

หลัง

วินาทีของสองหรือครั้งที่สองที่กล่าวถึงของทั้งสอง

🇮🇩Indonesian

yang terakhir

yang kedua dari dua atau yang kedua disebutkan dari dua

🇵🇭Filipino

huli

ang pangalawa sa dalawa o ang pangalawa na binanggit ng dalawa

🇲🇾Malay

yang terakhir

yang kedua daripada dua atau yang kedua yang disebut daripada dua

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أخير

الثاني من اثنين أو الثاني المذكور من اثنين

🇮🇷Persian

دومی

دوم از دو یا دوم ذکر شده از دو

🇹🇷Turkish

ikincisi

ikiden ikincisi veya ikiden bahsedilen ikincisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

אַחֲרוֹן

השני מבין שניים או השני המוזכר מבין שניים

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