The meaning of Late

preposition

At or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it.

Usage examples:

The recording machinery was kept behind screens

adverb

At or to the far side of something.

Usage examples:

Campbell grabbed him from behind

noun

A person's buttocks.

Usage examples:

She slid inelegantly down a few steps on her behind

adjective

Late or slow in doing something.

Usage examples:

The yoruba have not been behindhand in economic activity

adverb

Late in doing something or slower doing something than expected

Usage examples:

I worked late last night because i was behindhand with my accounts.

adjective

Coming or happening later than should have been the case.

Usage examples:

A belated apology

adjective

Coming later than expected

Usage examples:

He did make a belated attempt to apologize.

adverb

Later than should have been the case.

Usage examples:

The high command had belatedly altered its tactics

adverb

In a way that comes later than expected

Usage examples:

Both drivers belatedly realized they were on a collision path but were unable to stop their trains.…

adjective

No longer alive.

Usage examples:

A dead body

adverb

Absolutely; completely.

Usage examples:

You're dead right

noun

The recently dead person in question.

Usage examples:

The judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets

adjective

Recently dead.

Usage examples:

The deceased man's family

verb

Die.

Usage examples:

He deceased at his palace of croydon

verb

Make (someone or something) late or slow.

Usage examples:

The train was delayed

noun

A period of time by which something is late or postponed.

Usage examples:

A two-hour delay

adjective

Happening at a later time than expected or intended

Usage examples:

Officials said that the reason for the large number of delayed flights was the bad weather conditio…

adjective

Dead.

Usage examples:

A dear departed relative

verb

Leave, especially in order to start a journey.

Usage examples:

They departed for germany

adjective

Dead

Usage examples:

We will always remember our dear departed friends., the old man talked about the departed triumphs …

adjective

Slow to act.

Usage examples:

He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor

adjective

Slow and likely to cause delay

Usage examples:

Dilatory behaviour/tactics, british institutions have been dilatory in cutting credit card charges.

verb

(of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity.

Usage examples:

His driving licence expired

adjective

(of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

Usage examples:

Trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct

adjective

No longer existing

Usage examples:

There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct., many species of plants and animals…

adjective

No longer present; departed.

Usage examples:

You were gone a long time

preposition

Past participle of go1.

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

adjective

A conventional way of describing someone who has died or something that has ceased to exist.

Usage examples:

The late and much lamented leonard bernstein

verb

Express passionate grief about.

Usage examples:

He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter

adjective

If someone or something is lamented, people feel sad that they have or it has gone

Usage examples:

No man was ever more respected or more lamented than he was., it was a reference to the lamented tv…

adjective

Past and past participle of lose.

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

adjective

(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found

Usage examples:

A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

adjective

Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time.

Usage examples:

The rent was nearly three months overdue

verb

Die, especially in a violent or sudden way.

Usage examples:

A great part of his army perished of hunger and disease

adjective

Extremely cold

Usage examples:

Her hands were perished., i'm perished with cold.

adverb

At a recent time; not long ago.

Usage examples:

I recently bought a cd player

adverb

Not long ago, or at a time that started not long ago

Usage examples:

Have you seen any good films recently?, until very recently he worked as a teacher and he still shu…

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Usage examples:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Usage examples:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Usage examples:

The train slowed to a halt

adverb

At a slow speed; not quickly.

Usage examples:

They moved forward slowly

adjective

Delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late.

Usage examples:

Please forgive this tardy reply

adjective

Late in happening or arriving

Usage examples:

A tardy payment/delivery, you were tardy for school twice in the last week.

adjective

Not happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time.

Usage examples:

The trains into tbilisi were notoriously unpunctual

adjective

Not arriving, doing something, or happening at the expected or correct time

Usage examples:

The trains were notoriously unpunctual., they say he is disorganized, unpunctual, and incompetent.