latter

• Se dit de la deuxième chose ou personne mentionnée parmi deux, par opposition à 'premier' ; relatif à la fin d'une série, dernier.

Refers to the second of two things or persons mentioned.

1. B1formal

   Referring to the second of two things or people mentioned.

   le second (de deux)

   • Between coffee and tea, I prefer the latter.
   • He offered two options: a trip to the beach or a hike in the mountains; I chose the latter.
   • The latter part of the book is more exciting.

   Synonymesfinallastlast mentionedsecond

   Antonymesformer

2. B2formal

   Situated or occurring near the end of something.

   Proche de la fin

   • The latter years of his life were spent in peace.
   • In the latter stages of the game, the team scored twice.
   • The latter half of the 20th century saw rapid technological change.

   Synonymesclosingconcludingendingfinallastterminalultimate

   Antonymesformer

• Nom désignant la deuxième des deux choses ou personnes mentionnées, ou le dernier élément évoqué dans une liste ou une séquence.

A noun referring to the second of two things or people mentioned, or the last mentioned item in a list or sequence.

indénombrable

1. B2formal

   Refers to the second of two things or people mentioned.

   Dernier de deux

   • Between coffee and tea, I prefer the latter.
   • He offered two options: a car or a bike; I chose the latter.
   • The latter part of the book is more exciting.

   Synonymeslast mentionedsecond

   Antonymesformer