late

Signification

Adj

1. Near the end of a period of time.
2. Specifically, near the end of the day.
3. Associated with the end of a period.
4. Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
5. Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
6. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
7. Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
8. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
9. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
10. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

Noun

A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.

Adv

1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
3. Not long ago; just now, recently.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/leɪt/

Étymologie

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.

Phrases

He first married the late Anita Majhi.

Il a d'abord épousé feu Anita Majhi.