{
    "term": "later",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**See you later**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I met her again three years later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His father died later that year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going to Rome later in the year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **later became** a doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I discovered later that he'd known all about it from the beginning."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a way of saying goodbye, used by young people",
            "labels": "British English also(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Later, guys!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm going out later on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much later on, she realized what he had meant."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "by a particular time and not after it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please arrive no later than 8 o'clock."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sooner or later you will have to make a decision."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "after a short time rather than after a long time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "la/later/later__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtər/",
                "audio": "la/later/later__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}