late

Meaning

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.

Concepts

late

tardy

deceased

slow

delayed

belated

former

recent

overdue

later

dead

previous

tardily

missing

belatedly

lately

latest

behindhand

deep

last

delay

departed

new

defunct

advanced

later on

far

long

old

modern

novel

behind time

soon

latterly

of late

recently

fresh

lateness

slowly

lagging

onetime

afternoon

behind

time

prior

lamented

deceased person

miss

far advanced

erstwhile

whilom

tardive

overtime

future

precedence

priority

after hours

nignt-loving

just out

tard

unpunctual

backward

hot

serotinous

poor

past

out of season

largo

dilatory

idle

lingering

otiose

deficient

retarded

ex

quondam

backening

defer

lag

postpone

retardation

far gone

incurable

be late

afterwards

latter part

ancestor

ancient

ex-

final

back

earlier

one-time

dead soul

amort

asleep

dead person

dull

exanimate

lifeless

decedent

up-to-date

yesterday

very

at dusk

be delayed

trail behind

at length

for long

dusk

get late

cry out

mourned

formerly

in the past

lated

no longer with us

retard

tarry

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪt/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

He first married the late Anita Majhi.