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adverbin the recent past
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adjectiveat or toward an end or late period or stage of developmentOpposite:
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adverbto an advanced time
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adverblater than usual or than expectedOpposite:
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adjectiveafter the expected or usual time; delayed
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adjective(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
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adjectiveof the immediate past or just previous to the present time
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adjectivebeing or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
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adjectivehaving died recently
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adjectiveof a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
Definition that contains late
- late later than usual or than expected
- neolithic latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
- tardily later than usual or than expected
- belatedly later than usual or than expected
- tardive late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease)
- rosebay late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers
- eriogonum allenii late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
- stop press late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
- rhododendron maxima late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers
- umbrella plant late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters