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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  • Late — Late, adv. [AS. late. See {Late}, a.] 1. After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; opposed to {early}. [1913 Webster] 2. Not long ago; lately. [1913 Webster] 3. Far in the night, day, week, or other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • late — (adj.) O.E. læt occurring after the customary or expected time, originally slow, sluggish, from P.Gmc. *lata (Cf. O.N. latr sluggish, lazy, M.Du., O.S. lat, Ger. laß idle, weary, Goth. lats weary, sluggish, lazy, latjan to hinder ), from PIE *led …   Etymology dictionary

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