late

late: adj

1. tardy, behind, behind time or schedule, not on time, unpunctual; overdue, past due; slow, pro-crastinative, procrastinatory, dilatory, delaying, cunc-tation, cunctatory, Rare. cunctative.

2. prolonged, protracted, extended, drawn-out, lengthened; delayed, stayed, put-off, postponed, belated.

3. recent, new, fresh, up-to-the-minute, up-to-date, current.

4. previous, preceding, prior, antecedent; former, Inf. ex, old, one-time.

5. deceased, dead; defunct, nonextant.

6. of late

lately, recently. See lately(def.1).

adv

7. tardily, unpunctually, slowly, procrasti-natively, dilatorily.

8. at the eleventh hour, at the last minute or moment, at the tail or tag end.

9. late into the night, until or at all hours, until or at the wee or small hours, until the early hours of the morning, until or at dawn, until or at daybreak, until or at cockcrow.

10. lately, recently, formerly, previously. See lately(def2).

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Synonyms:

Slow, tardy, long delayed, Tardily, after the proper time, at the eleventh hour, a day after the fair / Far advanced, Recently, lately, not long ago, sometime, sometime since / Recently deceased / Recent

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Late — (l[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Later} (l[=a]t [ e]r), or {latter} (l[a^]t t[ e]r); superl. {Latest} (l[=a]t [e^]st) or {Last} (l[.a]st).] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ae]t; akin to OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw. lat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Late — Late, adv. [AS. late. See {Late}, a.] 1. After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; opposed to {early}. [1913 Webster] 2. Not long ago; lately. [1913 Webster] 3. Far in the night, day, week, or other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
late — [lāt] adj. later or latter, latest or last [ME < OE læt, slow, sluggish, tardy, akin to Du laat, Ger lass, slow, lazy < IE * lēid < base * lēi , to neglect, let go > LET1, L lassus, weak] 1. happening, coming, etc. after the usual,… … English World dictionary
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late — ► ADJECTIVE 1) acting, arriving, or happening after the proper or usual time. 2) belonging or taking place far on in a particular time or period. 3) far on in the day or night. 4) (the/one s late) (of a person) no longer alive. 5) (the/one s… … English terms dictionary
late of — formal phrase if someone is late of a place or organization, they recently lived or worked there but do not live or work there now Thesaurus: to live, stay or work in a particular placesynonym towns, cities and villageshyponym Main entry: late *… … Useful english dictionary
late — [adj1] not on time backward, behind, behindhand, behind time, belated, blown*, delayed, dilatory, eleventh hour*, gone, held up, hung up*, in a bind*, in the lurch*, jammed*, lagging, last minute, missed the boat*, out of luck*, overdue,… … New thesaurus
laţe — LÁŢE s.f. pl. Şuviţe de lână netoarse şi nepieptănate (de pe un animal); p. anal. (la om) şuviţe de păr care atârnă în mod dezordonat; miţe. – et. nec. Trimis de LauraGellner, 18.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 láţe s. f. pl. Trimis de siveco,… … Dicționar Român
late — (adj.) O.E. læt occurring after the customary or expected time, originally slow, sluggish, from P.Gmc. *lata (Cf. O.N. latr sluggish, lazy, M.Du., O.S. lat, Ger. laß idle, weary, Goth. lats weary, sluggish, lazy, latjan to hinder ), from PIE *led … Etymology dictionary
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