Late
[leɪt] or [let]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; 'Late Greek' .
(adj.) having died recently; 'her late husband' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adv.) 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.) at an advanced age or stage; 'she married late'; 'undertook the project late in her career'.
Editor: Ramon--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
(v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
(v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
(v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
(v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
(a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
(a.) Not long ago; lately.
(a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Slow, tardy, long delayed.[2]. Far advanced.[3]. Recently deceased.[4]. Recent.
ad. [1]. Not early, not promptly, after the proper time, at the eleventh hour, a day after the fair.[2]. Recently, lately, not long ago.
Checked by Jeannette
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slow, tardy, delayed, advanced, deceased, past, recent
ANT:Early, present, existing, forthcoming, coming, future
Typist: Serena
Definition
adj. (comp. Lat′er; superl. Lat′est) slow tardy; behindhand: coming after the expected time: long delayed: far advanced towards the close: last in any place or character: deceased: departed: out of office: not long past—also adv.—adj. Lat′ed (Shak.) belated being too late.—adv. Late′ly.—n. Late′ness state of being late.—adv. Lat′er.—adj. Lat′ish somewhat late.
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Examples
- It was late in the day before the whole inscription was erased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I did not invite her back till it was too late. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Do you call it late? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Don't be uneasy if I am a little late--I must be careful not to give offence by leaving them too soon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is a priest of Juno that stands before me, watching late and lone at a shrine in an Argive temple. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My bad night made it late in the morning, before I could get to Mr. Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The late Lord Chancellor, gentlemen, was very fond of me,' said Mr. Pell. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Was it mad with mommer for getting its supper so late? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The chateau awoke later, as became its quality, but awoke gradually and surely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In 1749 he drew up proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania, which led, two years later, to the esta blishment of the first American Academy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A century and a half later came Wycliffe (1320-1384). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Later Holland revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They fulfill their destiny in issuing, later on, into specific and perceptible acts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To-morrow will see all my doubts in a fair way of being cleared up, sooner or later. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have been a determined character in later life, and I suppose I was then. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The latest achievement in marine architecture, however, is the Deutschland, built for the Hamburg-American Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The latest type of super-dreadnaught for the United States Navy, with a displacement of 27,500 tons and engines of 28,000 horse-power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- An illustration of the next latest type of this machine is presented in Fig. 2. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I've given 'em the latest Yankee shine. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The latest, loudest, and most impressive form of the talking machine is the Graphophone Grand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Each firm had its own army of boys, numbering from twelve to fifteen, whose duties were to ascertain the latest quotations from the different exchanges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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