late
adjective, adverb (NEAR THE END) /leɪt/Definition
A1 (happening or being) near the end of a period of time: It was late at night. We talked late into the night. Is that the time? I'd no idea it was so late. It was late summer when it happened. It was built in the late 19th century. He's probably in his late twenties. As late (= as recently) as the 1980s they were still using horses on this farm.Late lateness /ˈleɪt.nəs/ noun [U] › formal the fact of being late: It was no great surprise that you were tired given the lateness of the hour.Late
(Definition of late adjectiveadverb (NEAR THE END) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- About to happen
- Always & never
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- Continue & last
- Continuous & permanent
- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
- Describing people who are young
- Describing when something happened or will happen
- Early
- Finished & over
- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
- In the past
- Lasting for a long time
- Long periods of time
- Modern & fashionable
- Names of months
- New
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- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Watches & clocks
- Years & yearly
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Synonyms and related words:
- behind adverb (SLOWER)
- behindhand adverb, adjective
- belated adjective
- delayed adjective
- down to the wire idiom
- get on phrasal verb (LATE)
- late adjective, adverb (AFTER EXPECTED TIME)
- late developer noun
- late in the day idiom
- latecomer noun
- latest noun
- miss verb (NOT DO)
- owl noun
- schedule noun
- shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has bolted idiom
- tardy adjective
- the eleventh hour idiom
- the last minute noun
- time noun (SUITABLE POINT)
- unearthly adjective (NOT CONVENIENT)
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