| 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| ~ past | earlier than the present time; no longer current.; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |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" |
| behind | | |
| n. (body) | 1. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| adj. | 2. behind | having the lower score or lagging position in a contest.; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" |
| ~ down | being or moving lower in position or less in some value.; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" |
| adv. | 3. behind | in or to or toward the rear.; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" |
| adv. | 4. behind | remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from.; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind" |
| adv. | 5. behind, slow | of timepieces.; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" |
| adv. | 6. behind | in or into an inferior position.; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" |
| adv. | 7. behind, behindhand, in arrears | in debt.; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" |
| hindmost | | |
| adj. | 1. backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost | located farthest to the rear. |
| ~ back | related to or located at the back.; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
| tardy | | |
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