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Definition of Late
Late

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not long ago; lately.

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

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Late Quotations

Better never than late.
George Bernard Shaw

It is never to late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot

How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time.
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.
Glenn Tipton

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot

Late Translations

late in Afrikaans is laat
late in Danish is sen, sent
late in Dutch is laat, vergevorderd
late in Latin is sero, tardus
late in Portuguese is tarde
late in Spanish is tarde
late in Swedish is sen


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