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    Late
    /lāt/

    adjective

    adverb

    • 1. after the expected, proper, or usual time: "she arrived late" Similar behind schedulebehind timebehindhandunpunctuallyOpposite earlybetimes
    • 2. far on in time; toward the end of a period: "it happened late in 1984"
  2. The meaning of LATE is coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time. How to use late in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Late.

  3. ( happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time: This train is always late. You'll be late for your flight if you don't hurry up. Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic. It's too late to start complaining now. We always have a late breakfast on Sunday mornings.

  4. Late definition: occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time. See examples of LATE used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

  6. 1. After the expected, usual, or proper time: a train that arrived late; woke late and had to skip breakfast. 2. a. At or until an advanced hour: talked late into the evening. b. At or into an advanced period or stage: a project undertaken late in her career. 3. Recently: As late as last week he was still in town. Idiom: of late.

  7. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. [+ in] She had to work late at night. [+ at] His autobiography was written late in life. [+ in] The case is expected to end late next week. Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.

  8. Definition of late adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. LATE definition: 1. after the usual time or the time that was arranged: 2. near the end of a period of time: 3…. Learn more.

  10. Occurring at an advanced hour, especially well into the evening or night. A late movie on television; the late flight to Denver. American Heritage. Happening, being, continuing, etc. far on in the day, night, year, etc. The late afternoon, a late party.

  11. late meaning, definition, what is late: arriving, happening, or done after the t...: Learn more.

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