| 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| ~ past | earlier than the present time; no longer current.; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |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" |
| tardy | | |
| 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" |
| final | | |
| n. (event) | 1. final | the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament. |
| ~ elimination tournament | a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds. |
| ~ cup final | the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley). |
| ~ match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. |
| n. (communication) | 2. final, final exam, final examination | an examination administered at the end of an academic term. |
| ~ exam, examination, test | a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" |
| adj. | 3. concluding, final, last, terminal | occurring at or forming an end or termination.; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" |
| ~ closing | final or ending.; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" |
| adj. | 4. final, last, net | conclusive in a process or progression.; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" |
| ~ ultimate | furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme.; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" |
| adj. | 5. final, last | not to be altered or undone.; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" |
| ~ inalterable, unalterable | not capable of being changed or altered.; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule" |
| latter | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. latter | the second of two or the second mentioned of two.; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" |
| ~ second | following the first in an ordering or series.; "he came in a close second" |
| adj. | 2. latter | referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several).; "in the latter case" |
| ~ last mentioned | the one most recently mentioned.; "the last mentioned pianist" |
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