Latter
adjective
The second of two mentioned things or people.
If you have to choose between a burger and pizza, the latter might be a healthier option.
Often appears as...
- the latter option
- the latter half
adjective
Near or towards the end of something.
In the latter part of the 20th century, technology began to rapidly advance.
Often appears as...
- the latter stages
- the latter years
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
The second of two mentioned things or people.
If you have to choose between a burger and pizza, the latter might be a healthier option.
Often appears as...
- the latter option
- the latter half
adjective
Near or towards the end of something.
In the latter part of the 20th century, technology began to rapidly advance.
Often appears as...
- the latter stages
- the latter years
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Pair Comparison
Use 'latter' when comparing two items, persons, or ideas, specifically mentioning the second one.
Between studying and gaming, I prefer the latter.
Pro Tip 2/3Direct Reference
'Latter' points directly to the last item in a pair, not just any item listed second.
Both Tom and Jerry ran, but the latter was faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronoun Substitute
'Latter' can replace a noun mentioned secondly to avoid repetition in a sentence.
Tea is calming, and coffee is stimulating; many choose the latter for a morning boost.
Pro Tip 1/3Pair Comparison
Use 'latter' when comparing two items, persons, or ideas, specifically mentioning the second one.
Between studying and gaming, I prefer the latter.
Pro Tip 2/3Direct Reference
'Latter' points directly to the last item in a pair, not just any item listed second.
Both Tom and Jerry ran, but the latter was faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronoun Substitute
'Latter' can replace a noun mentioned secondly to avoid repetition in a sentence.
Tea is calming, and coffee is stimulating; many choose the latter for a morning boost.
Pro Tip 1/3Pair Comparison
Use 'latter' when comparing two items, persons, or ideas, specifically mentioning the second one.
Between studying and gaming, I prefer the latter.
Pro Tip 2/3Direct Reference
'Latter' points directly to the last item in a pair, not just any item listed second.
Both Tom and Jerry ran, but the latter was faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronoun Substitute
'Latter' can replace a noun mentioned secondly to avoid repetition in a sentence.
Tea is calming, and coffee is stimulating; many choose the latter for a morning boost.
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
How many of you think there are more males or more females in the world? Let me take a poll. How many of you think there are more males in the world? Hands up, please. How many of you think -- a few -- how many of you there are more females in the world? Okay, most of you. Well, you know this latter group, you're wrong. There are, true enough,
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How playing an...
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Dare to refuse the...
that your reason finds to be true on earth, but the latter is still true. There are two distinct worlds of truth, one based on our reason and evidence, and one that is divine, and the state, political power, social law are in the realm of reason. Religious life is a different realm.
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The building of the...
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
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Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
he or she is trying to show you a world in miniature. But when a scientist is building a model, he or she is trying to show you the world in metaphor. He or she is trying to create a new way of seeing. The former is a scale shift. The latter is a perceptual shift.
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Is our universe the only...
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The deadly genius of...
as the good guys, and them, the narcos, the carteles, as the bad guys, if you think about it, the latter are only providing a service to the former. Whether we like it or not, the U.S. is the largest market for illegal substances in the world,
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Why is our universe...
believe such ancient knowledge? Or would they believe in the black, static empty universe that their own state-of-the-art observations reveal? I suspect the latter. Which means that we are living
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Giant Carnivorous...
life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans the reaction to these latter day dinosaurs is typically thai
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
How many of you think there are more males or more females in the world? Let me take a poll. How many of you think there are more males in the world? Hands up, please. How many of you think -- a few -- how many of you there are more females in the world? Okay, most of you. Well, you know this latter group, you're wrong. There are, true enough,
Video examples
How playing an...
As with any other workout, disciplined, structured practice in playing music strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength to other activities. The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it is that the latter requires fine motor skills,
Video examples
Dare to refuse the...
that your reason finds to be true on earth, but the latter is still true. There are two distinct worlds of truth, one based on our reason and evidence, and one that is divine, and the state, political power, social law are in the realm of reason. Religious life is a different realm.
Video examples
The building of the...
devastation and the material things like ladder three are stunning latter three is now on to play back to the site where it will be featured in the museum in addition crushed taxicab a subway car iraq a bicycle each of these artifacts tells the story and Ramires protects
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
I showed you in the Mesozoic world especially in the latter part of the Mesozoic world those continents have drifted apart it doesn't take long five to ten million years before species in isolation will diverge on their own path evolution is a creative process that
Video examples
Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
he or she is trying to show you a world in miniature. But when a scientist is building a model, he or she is trying to show you the world in metaphor. He or she is trying to create a new way of seeing. The former is a scale shift. The latter is a perceptual shift.
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
would those future astronomers believe such ancient knowledge or would they believe in the black static empty universe that their own state-of-the-art observations reveal i suspect the latter which means that we are living through a remarkably
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
as the good guys, and them, the narcos, the carteles, as the bad guys, if you think about it, the latter are only providing a service to the former. Whether we like it or not, the U.S. is the largest market for illegal substances in the world,
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Why is our universe...
believe such ancient knowledge? Or would they believe in the black, static empty universe that their own state-of-the-art observations reveal? I suspect the latter. Which means that we are living
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Giant Carnivorous...
life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans the reaction to these latter day dinosaurs is typically thai
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.
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Natan Sharansky
Russian Writer
When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
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Julian Fellowes
English Actor
There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category.
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James Madison
American President
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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Jim Cramer
American Businessman
And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else.
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George Michael
British Musician
Is my body a temple, or is my life a temple? I'm definitely in the latter category, and I think my life has been better since thinking that way.
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Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.
Quote examples
Natan Sharansky
Russian Writer
When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
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Julian Fellowes
English Actor
There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category.
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James Madison
American President
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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Jim Cramer
American Businessman
And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else.
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George Michael
British Musician
Is my body a temple, or is my life a temple? I'm definitely in the latter category, and I think my life has been better since thinking that way.
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Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
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