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   late

   /leɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time: "his late arrival" Similar behind timebehind schedulebehindbehindhandnot on timeunpunctualtardyrunning lateoverduelong-overduedelayedlong-delayedbelatedslowdilatoryOpposite punctualearlyfast
   • 2. belonging or taking place far on in a particular period: "they won the game with a late goal"
   • ▪ denoting or belonging to the advanced stage of a historical period or cultural movement: "the late 1960s"
   • ▪ far on in the day or night: "I'm sorry the call is so late"
   • ▪ flowering or ripening towards the end of the season: "the last late chrysanthemums"
   • 3. (of a specified person) no longer alive: "the late Francis Bacon" Similar deaddeceaseddepartedlamentedpassed on/awaylostexpiredgoneextinctperishedOpposite aliveexisting
   • ▪ no longer having the specified status; former: "a late colleague of mine" Similar previousprecedingformerpastpriorearlieras wassometimeone-timeex-erstwhileolddefunctprecedentforegoingno longer extantci-devantformal:quondamarchaic:whilomOpposite current

   adverb

   • 1. after the expected, proper, or usual time: "she arrived late" Similar behind schedulebehind timebehindhandunpunctuallybelatedlytardilyat the last minuteat the tail enddilatorilyslowlyrecentlyafter hoursafter office hoursovertimepast the usual finishing/stopping/closing timeOpposite earlybetimes
   • 2. far on in time; towards the end of a period: "it happened late in 1994"
   • ▪ at or until a time far on in the day or night: "now I'm old enough to stay up late" Similar late at nighttill the early hours of the morninginformal:till the wee small hourstill all hoursuntil stupid o'clock
   • 3. formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution: "Mrs Halford, late of the County Records Office"

   Word Origin Old Englishlæt (adjective; also in the sense ‘slow, tardy’), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’, let1, and let2.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     LATE meaning: 1. (happening or being) near the end of a...

   • Znaczenie Late, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     LATE definicja: 1. (happening or being) near the end of a...

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     LATE BLOOMER definition: someone who becomes good at...

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     LATE translate: 靠近终点, 末期的，晚期的；接近终了, 在…以后, 迟的，晚的；延迟的,...

   • Late: Danish Translation

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   • Late: Polish Translation

     LATE translate: późny, spóźniony, późno, późny, późno,...

   • Late Turkish Translation

     LATE translate: geç, gecikmiş, ...ın/in sonuna doğru, ölmüş,...

   • Late: German Translation

     LATE translate: spät, spät, früher, ehemalig, zu spät, spät....

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   Late means after the expected time, or at the end of a certain period of time. if you're late for a movie, you get to the theater after the film's already started. If you're a late sleeper, you make a habit of dozing long after your alarm goes off.