late

late
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adj.
VERBS
be, feel, seem

I don't know what the time is, but it feels quite late.

get, grow

It's getting too late to do anything today.

make sb
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
relatively
a little, slightly, etc.
fashionably

Kevin was fashionably late as always.

PREPOSITION
for

I'm late for work.

in

He took up music late in life.

into

It was now late into the night.

with

He was now three weeks late with his rent.

PHRASES
an hour, ten minutes, etc. late

The train was 45 minutes late.

leave it rather, very, etc. late

You've left it rather late to start your homework, haven't you?

Late is used with these nouns: ↑abortion, ↑adolescence, ↑afternoon, ↑antiquity, ↑arrival, ↑autumn, ↑bell, ↑booking, ↑breakfast, ↑brother, ↑capitalism, ↑childhood, ↑delivery, ↑departure, ↑dinner, ↑Easter, ↑emergence, ↑emperor, ↑entrant, ↑entry, ↑evening, ↑fall, ↑father, ↑fee, ↑frost, ↑hour, ↑husband, ↑lunch, ↑marriage, ↑middle age, ↑morning, ↑mother, ↑news, ↑night, ↑onset, ↑painting, ↑payment, ↑penalty, ↑period, ↑pregnancy, ↑rally, ↑replacement, ↑session, ↑shift, ↑sister, ↑spring, ↑stage, ↑start, ↑summer, ↑sun, ↑supper, ↑surge, ↑tackle, ↑teens, ↑trading, ↑try, ↑tulip, ↑uncle, ↑wife, ↑winter, ↑work
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adv.
Late is used with these verbs: ↑arrive, ↑awake, ↑awaken, ↑detect, ↑rise, ↑run, ↑sleep, ↑stay, ↑wake

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