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- US Pronunciation
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- [bih-ley-tid]
- /bɪˈleɪ tɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bih-ley-tid]
- /bɪˈleɪ tɪd/
Definitions of belatedness word
- adjective belatedness coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings. 1
- adjective belatedness late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative. 1
- adjective belatedness Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics. 1
- adjective belatedness Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night. 1
- noun belatedness The state or quality of being belated or of being too late. 0
- noun belatedness Slowness; backwardness. 0
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Origin of belatedness
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; belate to delay (be- + late) + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Belatedness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
belatedness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
belatedness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for belatedness
noun belatedness
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- slowness — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
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