lateness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *lateness*:
NOUN	attribute	lateness	quality of coming late or later in time

lateness > pronunciation
Sounds	ley'tnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *lateness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Quality of coming late or later in time.
Narrower	posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence	Following in time
Broader	timing	The time when something happens
Opposite	earliness	Quality of coming early or earlier in time
Spanish	retraso
Adjectives	late	being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
	late	of a later stage / stage in the development of a language or literature
	late	at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
	late	of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time
	late	after the expected or usual time

HyperDic: lateness