HyperDic: late

English > 11 senses of the word *late*:
ADJECTIVE	all	late	being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
	all	late, belated, tardy	after the expected or usual time
	all	late, recent	of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time
	all	late	having died recently
	all	late	of a later stage / stage in the development of a language or literature
	all	late, later	at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
	all	late, former, previous	(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
ADVERB	all	late, belatedly, tardily	later than usual or than expected
	all	late, deep	to an advanced time
	all	late	at an advanced age or stage / stage
	all	late, recently, lately, of late, latterly	in the recent past

late > pronunciation
Sounds	ley't
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
Examples	"late evening" "late 18th century" "a late movie" "took a late flight" "had a late breakfast"
Attribute of	timing	The time when something happens
Narrower	advanced, ripe	Far along in time
	after-hours	After closing time especially a legally established closing time
	latish	Somewhat late
	posthumous	Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
See also	modern	belonging to the modern era
Opposite	early	At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
Opposite	middle	Between an earlier and a later period of time
Spanish	atrasado, tarde, tardío
Nouns	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	After the expected or usual time; delayed.
Examples	"a belated birthday card" "I'm late for the plane" "the train is late"
Synonyms	belated, tardy
Broader	unpunctual	not punctual
Spanish	retrasado, tardio, tardío
Catalan	tardà
Nouns	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Examples	"a late development" "their late quarrel"
Synonym	recent
Broader	past	Earlier than the present time
Spanish	reciente
Catalan	recent
Nouns	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	Having died recently.
Example	"her late husband"
Broader	dead	no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Spanish	fallecido
Catalan	difunt, mort

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	Of a later stage / stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages.
Example	"Late Greek"
Category	linguistics	The scientific study of language
Narrower	Modern, New	Used of a living language
Narrower	New	in use after medieval times
Opposite	early	Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
Opposite	middle	Of a stage / stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
Spanish	inmaduro, tardío
Nouns	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 6
Meaning	At or toward an end or late period or stage of development.
Examples	"the late phase of feudalism" "a later symptom of the disease" "later medical science could have saved the child"
Synonym	later
Narrower	advanced	comparatively late in a course of development
Narrower	tardive	Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease)
Opposite	early	Being or occurring at an early stage / stage of development
Spanish	tardío
Catalan	tardà
Nouns	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

English > *late*: 11 senses > adjective 7
Meaning	(used especially of persons) of the immediate past.
Example	"our late President is still very active"
Synonyms	former, previous
Broader	past	Earlier than the present time
Spanish	anterior, precedente, previo
Catalan	anterior, precedent, previ

English > *late*: 11 senses > adverb 1
Meaning	Later than usual or than expected.
Examples	"the train arrived late" "we awoke late" "the children came late to school" "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
Synonyms	belatedly, tardily
Opposite	early, ahead of time, too soon	Before the usual time or the time expected
Spanish	tarde, tardíamente

English > *late*: 11 senses > adverb 2
Meaning	To an advanced time.
Example	"talked late into the evening"
Synonym	deep
Spanish	tarde

English > *late*: 11 senses > adverb 3
Meaning	At an advanced age or stage / stage.
Examples	"she married late" "undertook the project late in her career"

English > *late*: 11 senses > adverb 4
Meaning	In the recent past.
Examples	"lately the rules have been enforced" "as late as yesterday she was fine" "feeling better of late"
Synonyms	recently, lately, of late, latterly
Spanish	recién, recientemente, últimamente
Catalan	darrerament, de nou, recentment, últimament

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