latter

1. 1

   Near (or nearer) to the end.not-comparable

   • the latter part of the century
2. 2

   In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.not-comparable

   • In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded.

1. 1

   The second of aforementioned two items.singularsingular-only

   • The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).

ant. former