Later meaning in English

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Definition

(a bit) later: (shortly) after; after (a little) more time has passed adverb
Later (or "laters"), Luna!: See you later Luna! Bye Luna! See you soon Luna! idiom

Examples

  • "We'll get back to those stories a bit later, but now let's see what's going on in the Australian outback with our Australian correspondent, Stephanie Irving."
  • "We will sing to her later."
  • "Now, almost 50 years later, with the help of Mrs. Tabitha Cashman and Horatio Oléré, I am proud to open our new offices in San Francisco."
  • "5 seconds later..."
  • "A couple of months later, Susan was set to marry none other than Jean Marron!"
  • "5 minutes later..."
  • "A rare Siberian tiger named "Shoshana" escaped from her pen at the San Francisco zoo yesterday night and attacked a crowd of seven teenagers who had been insulting her, seriously injuring all seven of them. An eighth person, a six year old boy named Timothy Aldridge, was licked by the tiger, and later said the tiger's tongue felt "like sandpaper" and that her breath smelled like "muffins"."
  • "Perhaps we'll visit Bruno later."
  • "You can tell me about your little corporation later."
  • "(later)"
  • "I will keep the meter running, so you will pay more later."
  • "LATERS MATE I GOTTA SCARPER (Goodbye my friend, I must leave)"
  • "I have a request which I'll explain to you in detail a bit later on."
  • "Strange Woman : There will be time for introductions later."
  • "Susie : Sweating, hmm. Listen Brian, why don't we mate, I mean meet later this afternoon for a quick feedback session."
  • "5 hours later..."
  • "Oléré was later arrested for public nudity."

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