The meaning of Latest

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

Living or occurring at the same time.

Usage examples:

The event was recorded by a contemporary historian

noun

A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

Usage examples:

He was a contemporary of darwin

Occurring in the same period of time

adjective

Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now.

Usage examples:

Keep abreast of current events

noun

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement.

Usage examples:

Ocean currents

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

Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style.

Usage examples:

Fashionable clothes

adjective

Wearing clothes, doing things, and going to places that are considered stylish or acceptable

Usage examples:

They are a fashionable couple., fashionable restaurants/clothing, fashionably dressed women, we wer…

adjective

Popular at a particular time or among a particular group of people

Usage examples:

It's no longer fashionable to boast about how big your bonus is., they bought a house in a fashiona…

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

Usage examples:

Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

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

Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.

Usage examples:

The pace of modern life

noun

A person who advocates or practises a departure from traditional styles or values.

Usage examples:

They were moderns, they must not look back towards the old generation

adjective

Existing in the present or a recent time, or using or based on recently developed ideas, methods, or styles

Usage examples:

Modern life, modern architecture/art

adjective

Designed in a way that is obviously modern

Usage examples:

The denver airport has a modernistic design.

adjective

Produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.

Usage examples:

The new madonna album

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

New-mown hay

adjective

Recently created or having started to exist recently

Usage examples:

His newest book will be out next month., she’s always coming up with new ideas., have you met carlo…

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.

adjective

Modern; of today rather than of earlier times

Usage examples:

The setting is present-day london.

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

The best and most modern of its type

Usage examples:

A state-of-the-art computer system

adjective

Very modern and using the latest ideas and methods

Usage examples:

State-of-the-art equipment/facilities/technology, the center is 20 years old and will need capital …

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.