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adjective

Late adj. (compar. later, or latter; superl. latest or last)

1.

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

2.

Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.

3.

Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.

4.

Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.

5.

Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.

adverb

Late adv.

1.

After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; opposed to early.

2.

Not long ago; lately.

3.

Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

Of late, in time not long past, or near the present; lately; as, the practice is of late uncommon.

Too late, after the proper or available time; when the time or opportunity is past.

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Etymology of 'Late'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Late" Quotes from Famous Books

... author's sanction and additions, by the Rev. W. P. DICKSON, Regius Professor of Biblical Criticism in the University of Glasgow, late Classical Examiner in the University of St. Andrews. With an Introduction by Dr. LEONHARD SCHMITZ, and a copious Index of the whole four volumes, prepared ...

— What is Darwinism? • Charles Hodge

... old man came toward him and said, "Balin le Savage, turn now before it is too late. You have already passed the bounds of prudence." With these words the old man vanished, and Balin heard the blast of a horn, like that blown when a ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 • Charles Sylvester

... of late published their belief that a multitude of reputed species in each genus are not real species; but that other species are real, that is, have been independently created. This seems to me a strange conclusion to arrive at. ...

— Little Masterpieces of Science: - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer • Various

... after his wont, as he passed the Phoenix. Sturk was playing draughts with old Arthur Slowe, and Dangerfield, erect and grim, was looking on the game, over his shoulder. Toole and Sturk were more distant and cold in their intercourse of late, though this formality partook of their respective characters. Toole used to throw up his nose, and raise his eyebrows, and make his brother mediciner a particularly stiff, and withal scornful reverence when they met. Sturk, on the other hand, made a short, surly nod—'twas little more—and, ...

— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

... that late I led? Where are those? Sit downe Kate, And welcome. Soud, soud, soud, soud. ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

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