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- [leyt]
- /leɪt/
- /leɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leyt]
- /leɪt/
Definitions of late word
- adjective late occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring. 1
- adjective late continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted: a late business meeting. 1
- adjective late near or at the end of day or well into the night: a late hour. 1
- adjective late belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent: a late news bulletin. 1
- adjective late immediately preceding the present one; former: the late attorney general. 1
- adjective late recently deceased: the late Mr. Phipps. 1
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Origin of late
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English læt slow, late; cognate with German lass slothful, Old Norse latr, Gothic lats slow, lazy, Latin lassus tired
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Parts of speech for Late
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
late popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for late
adj late
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
- blown — Blown is the past participle of blow1.
adv late
- slowly — in a slow manner; at a slow speed: Sauté the peppers slowly. I drove slowly back home.
- tardily — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- dilatorily — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
adjective late
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- deferred — withheld over a certain period; postponed
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- nighttime — the time between evening and morning.
- evening — The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.
adverb late
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- lately — of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
- of late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- latterly — of late; lately: He has been latterly finding much to keep himself busy.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
Antonyms for late
adj late
- on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
adv late
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
adjective late
- living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
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