Definition of Latter

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Definition of Latter
	Latter Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain. Of two things, the one mentioned second. Recent; modern. Last; latest; final. Related Definitions: After, And, As, Coming, Else, Final, Former, Happening, Last, Later, Latter, Mentioned, Modern, More, Of, One, Opposed, Or, Rain, Recent, Second, Something, The, To, Two

Latter Quotations

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson

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.
Mohandas Gandhi

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
Mohandas Gandhi

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
Coco Chanel

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
Jonathan Swift

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.
Jane Austen

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
Blaise Pascal

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.
James Madison

Latter Translations

latter in Norwegian is sistnevnte, siste
latter in Swedish is senare

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