Former is the first subject in the sentence, latter is the last (usually of two). "A car and a plane are both going to Houston, the latter arrives first." The latter is the plane, the former is the car.
The opposite of latter is former.
The base meaning of aim is "guess," while the base meaning of ambition is "walking around for the purpose of gathering votes." The former denotes an intent, the latter a desire.
That is the correct spelling of "latter" -- a noun meaning the second of two options or choices: the first is the former, the second is the latter. Example: Given the choice between reading and playing, she chose the latter (she chose to play).*SIMILAR WORDSA ladder is a stepped bar used to climb up, or metaphorically a hierarchy or list.The adjective or adverb later refers to an occurrence at a following point in time.
latter = second of two things mentioned eg of apples and oranges, he preferred the latter because they were juicier or eg He preferred oranges to apples, because the latter were not as juicy as the former
My former opinion was that there were many intelligent people besides me and my associates. However, on account of my having viewed some of these questions, I now think that the former of any given one must be a moronic ten-year-old trying to cheat on a test. Only six former leaders were invited to the party. The former of the former (me) should have written the latter. You win, Awecoolsome. CS
The opposite of latter is former.
If there are two options, the latter is the second one. By implication at least, the latter (second option) is contrasted with the former (first option).
No, it is not. It is a adjective meaning previous, or a noun meaning the first of two (not the latter).Rarely, it is used to describe a school form student (e.g. fifth former).
The latter is greater than the former
Former and latter are words used to express a time or preference in a sentence. For example, "I can go to the store at noon or midnight, but I prefer the former." In this sentence the word 'former' is associated with 'noon' and the word 'latter' is associated with the word 'midnight.'
take a backseat to the former.
A antonym for "former" is "current" or "latter."
You spell it badminton.
Former one is British Spelling & the latter one is American spelling.
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.
Yes
One, the latter, could not have happened without the former.