late
/leɪt/ adjective, adverbDefinition
AFTER THE USUAL TIME › after the usual time or the time that was arranged: I was late for work this morning. We got there too late and all the tickets had been sold. You're late - you were supposed to be here an hour ago! We had a late lunch.
NEAR END OF PERIOD › near the end of a period of time: It was built in the late nineteenth century. It was late at night. Marsha is in her late twenties.
it's late › something that you say when it is near the end of a day: It's late - I really should be going. It's getting late and I'm a bit tired.
DEAD [always before noun] › not now alive: the late Mrs Walker
of late formal › recently: We've scarcely seen him of late.
(Definition of late adjectiveadverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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