Usually means: Not on time; delayed arrival.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. late: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. late: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. late: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. late: Collins English Dictionary
  5. late: Vocabulary.com
  6. Late, late: Wordnik
  7. late: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. LATE, late: Wiktionary
  9. late: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. late: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. late: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Late, late: Dictionary.com
  13. late (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. late: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. LATE, Late (Island), Late (Tonga), Late (single), Late (song), Late: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Late: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. late: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. late: Rhymezone
  19. late: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. late: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. late: Free Dictionary
  22. late: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. late: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. Late: The Word Detective
  25. late: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. late: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LATE: Band Terms
  2. -late, late-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. late, the late: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. late: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LATE: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. late: Genealogy Glossary
  3. LATE: Acronym Finder
  4. late: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. late: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. late, late: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the late: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Near the end of a period of time.
▸ adjective:  Specifically, near the end of the day.
▸ adjective:  (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
▸ adjective:  Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
▸ adjective:  Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
▸ adjective:  Not having had an expected menstrual period.
▸ adjective:  (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
▸ adjective:  Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
▸ adjective:  Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
▸ adjective:  (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
▸ noun:  (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
▸ adverb:  After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
▸ adverb:  Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
▸ adverb:  Not long ago; just now, recently.
▸ noun:  (pathology) Acronym of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a form of dementia.

Similar:
belated, latish, latter, recently, recent, past, lately, former, last, previous, more...

Opposite:
early, punctual, timely, ahead, on-time

Types:
tardy, belated, delayed, postponed, rescheduled, put off, more...

Phrases:
too late, of late, late afternoon, Late Spring, late september, more...

Adjectives:
little, open, pre, mid, early, full, minute, post, hour, better, icy

Colors:
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Similar:
belated, latish, latter, recently, recent, past, lately, former, last, previous, more...

Opposite:
early, punctual, timely, ahead, on-time

Types:
tardy, belated, delayed, postponed, rescheduled, put off, more...

Phrases:
too late, of late, late afternoon, Late Spring, late september, Late antiquity, late night, late autumn, Late Cretaceous, late december, late of, Late Period, late capitalism, late antique, Late Neolithic, more...

Adjectives:
little, open, pre, mid, early, full, minute, post, hour, better, icy

Colors:
    burnt orange,     maroon,     burgundy,     rust,     mustard yellow,     olive green,     navy blue,     taupe,     sepia,     mahogany



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