| late | | |
| adj. | 1. late | being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" |
| ~ ripe, advanced | far along in time.; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" |
| ~ after-hours | after closing time especially a legally established closing time.; "after-hours socializing"; "an after-hours club" |
| ~ latish | somewhat late. |
| ~ posthumous | occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.; "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a posthumous daughter" |
| adj. | 2. belated, late, tardy | after the expected or usual time; delayed.; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" |
| ~ unpunctual | not punctual; after the appointed time. |
| adj. | 3. late, recent | of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" |
| ~ past | earlier than the present time; no longer current.; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
| adj. | 4. late | having died recently.; "her late husband" |
| ~ dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
| adj. | 5. late | of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages.; "Late Greek" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ modern, new | used of a living language; being the current stage in its development.; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" |
| ~ new | in use after medieval times.; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties" |
| adj. | 6. late, later | at or toward an end or late period or stage of development.; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" |
| ~ advanced | comparatively late in a course of development.; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion" |
| ~ tardive | late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease).; "tardive dyskinesia" |
| adj. | 7. former, late, previous | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past.; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" |
| ~ past | earlier than the present time; no longer current.; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
| adv. | 8. belatedly, late, tardily | later than usual or than expected.; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" |
| adv. | 9. deep, late | to an advanced time.; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" |
| adv. | 10. late | at an advanced age or stage.; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career" |
| adv. | 11. late, lately, latterly, of late, recently | in the recent past.; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" |
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