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late
[ leyt ]
adjective
- occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: a late spring.
late frosts;
a late spring.
- continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted:
a late business meeting.
- near or at the end of day or well into the night:
a late hour.
- belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent:
a late news bulletin;
The car is a late model, but I don't know the exact year.
- immediately preceding the present one; former:
the late attorney general.
- recently deceased:
the late Mr. Phipps.
- occurring at an advanced stage in life:
a late marriage.
- belonging to an advanced period or stage in the history or development of something:
the late phase of feudalism.
adverb
- after the usual or proper time, or after delay:
to arrive late.
- until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night:
to work late.
- at or to an advanced time, period, or stage:
The flowers keep their blossoms late in warm climates.
- recently but no longer:
a man late of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia.
late
/ leɪt /
adjective
- occurring or arriving after the correct or expected time
the train was late
- prenominal occurring, scheduled for, or being at a relatively advanced time
a late marriage
- prenominal towards or near the end
the late evening
- at an advanced time in the evening or at night
it was late
- prenominal occurring or being just previous to the present time
his late remarks on industry
- prenominal having died, esp recently
my late grandfather
- prenominal just preceding the present or existing person or thing; former
the late manager of this firm
- of laterecently; lately
adverb
- after the correct or expected time
he arrived late
- at a relatively advanced age
she married late
- recently; lately
as late as yesterday he was selling books
- late hoursrising and going to bed later than is usual
- late in the day
- at a late or advanced stage
- too late
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈlateness, noun
Other Words From
- lateness noun
- over·late adjective
- over·lateness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of late1
Word History and Origins
Origin of late1
Idioms and Phrases
More idioms and phrases containing late
- at the latest
- better late than never
- Johnny-come-lately
- keep late hours
- of late
- the latest
- too little, too late
- later
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
At the sixth tribunal in Toronto late last month, a panel of nine judges heard cases against Canadian mining companies, ultimately ruling that they had violated “collective rights, Indigenous rights, and rights of nature.”
Amazon previously signed a deal to release a documentary on First Lady Melania Trump that will be shown in theaters and on its streaming platform later this year.
Hours, even weeks, race by in the seconds Holland takes to walk from one set to another; later, a shot of Halloween stars melts into an image of Christmas snow.
An accomplished journalist for a New Yorker-style publication with a specialty in culture and race, he’s a lapsed Muslim, unattached and mourning his late father but soldiering on.
The stage will host panels about the Latino vote, the role of food in community and the late Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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