{
    "term": "latter",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to refer to the second of two things or people mentioned",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He chose the latter option."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latter point is the most important."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "nearer to the end of a period of time than the beginning",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the latter half of the year"
                },
                {
                    "text": "during the latter stages of the tournament"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latter half of the twentieth century saw huge growth in air travel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "recent",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In latter years, the population has grown a lot here."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlætə(r)/",
                "audio": "la/latter/latter__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlætər/",
                "audio": "la/latter/latter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lætra ‘slower’, comparative of læt, of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’ and let."
}