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1 latter
['lætə](towards the end: the latter part of our holiday.) último- latterly- the latter* * *lat.ter[l'ætə] adj 1 posterior, último, mencionado em segundo lugar. 2 moderno. 3 mais recente. -
2 latter
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3 latter
recente, pertencente ao final -
4 latter end
lat.ter end[l'ætə end] n 1 parte final. 2 fim da vida. -
5 latter-day Saint
lat.ter-day Saint[lætə dei s'eint] n Amer santo dos últimos dias: mórmon. -
6 latter-day
lat.ter-day[[l'ætə dei] adj moderno, de tempo recente. -
7 the latter
(the second of two things etc mentioned: John and Mary arrived, the latter wearing a green wool dress.) o último -
8 the latter
(the second of two things etc mentioned: John and Mary arrived, the latter wearing a green wool dress.) o último -
9 former
['fo:mə](of an earlier time: In former times people did not travel so much.) passado- formerly- the former* * *form.er1[f'ɔ:mə] n 1 formador, pessoa ou coisa que forma, autor, criador. 2 padrão, molde, formão, escantilho, matriz. 3 Tech moldador, perfilador de ferramentas.————————form.er2[f'ɔ:mə] adj 1 anterior, precedente, primeiro (em oposição ao último), aquele (em oposição a este). Paul and John are brothers, the former is an engineer and the latter is a doctor / Paulo e João são irmãos, o primeiro é engenheiro e o último é médico. 2 passado, antigo. in former times nos tempos passados. in the former case no caso anterior. the former President o ex-presidente.————————for.mer3[f'ɔ:mə] Brit combina-se com um numeral ordinal para se referir a um aluno de uma determinada classe escolar. a 6th-former um sextanista. -
10 the former
(the first of two things mentioned: We visited America and Australia, staying longer in the former than in the latter.) primeiro -
11 the former
(the first of two things mentioned: We visited America and Australia, staying longer in the former than in the latter.) primeiro
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latter — [ late ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1288; de latte ♦ Garnir de lattes. Latter un plafond. Latter à lattes jointives, à claire voie. ● latter verbe transitif Garnir quelque chose de lattes. latter v. tr. d1./d Garnir de lattes. d2./d Arg. Donner … Encyclopédie Universelle
Latter — Lat ter, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late. See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.] 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter rain. [1913 Webster] 2. Of two things, the one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
latter — Latter. v. a. Garnir de lattes. Cette maison est couverte, le comble est mis, il ne reste plus qu à latter, il la faut latter … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
latter — ► ADJECTIVE 1) nearer to the end than to the beginning. 2) recent: in latter years. 3) (the latter) denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things. ORIGIN Old English, «slower»; related to LATE(Cf. ↑lateness) … English terms dictionary
latter — [lat′ər] adj. [ME lattre < OE lættra, compar. of læt: it represents the orig. compar. form; LATER is a new formation] 1. alt. compar. of LATE 2. a) later; more recent b) nearer the end or close [the latter part of M … English World dictionary
latter — index before mentioned, subsequent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
latter — (adj.) O.E. lætra slower, comparative of læt late (see LATE (Cf. late) (adj.)). Sense of second of two first recorded 1550s. The modern LATER (Cf. later) is a formation from mid 15c … Etymology dictionary
latter — [adj] latest, concluding closing, eventual, final, following, hindmost, lag, last, last mentioned, later, modern, rearmost, recent, second, terminal; concepts 585,799 Ant. earliest, former, preceding … New thesaurus
latter — former, latter 1. These two words are used individually or contrastively (as the former and the latter) to refer to the first and second respectively of two people or things previously mentioned; in this role they are used attributively (before a … Modern English usage
latter — 01. Whereas the former proposal is more costly, the [latter] one would take much more time. 02. Nervousness about Y2K computer problems grew considerably in the [latter] half of 1999. 03. My grandfather had always been very healthy, but his mind… … Grammatical examples in English
latter — lat|ter [ lætər ] function word *** Latter can be used in the following ways: as an adjective (only before a noun): the latter half of 1996 He considered his students either geniuses or idiots, and I fell into the latter category. as a pronoun… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English