2later adverb
: at a time in the future
▪ I'll talk to you again later. : at a time following an earlier time ▪ They later regretted the decision. ▪ She returned several weeks later. ▪ I saw him again later that morning. ▪ We'll need to know your decision no/not later than next week. [=we'll need to know your decision by next week] ◊In informal spoken English, later is used especially by young people as a shortened form of the phrase (I'll) see you later to say goodbye to someone.
▪ Later, dudes!
▪ I'll talk to you again later. : at a time following an earlier time ▪ They later regretted the decision. ▪ She returned several weeks later. ▪ I saw him again later that morning. ▪ We'll need to know your decision no/not later than next week. [=we'll need to know your decision by next week] ◊In informal spoken English, later is used especially by young people as a shortened form of the phrase (I'll) see you later to say goodbye to someone.
▪ Later, dudes!
later on
: at a time in the future or following an earlier time
▪ We'll talk about this subject some more later on. ▪ They regretted their decision later on.
▪ We'll talk about this subject some more later on. ▪ They regretted their decision later on.
sooner or later — see soon
