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Late
leɪt
- doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time
"his late arrival"
- belonging or taking place far on in a particular period
"they won the game with a late goal"
- denoting or belonging to the advanced stage of a historical period or cultural movement
"the late 1960s"
- far on in the day or night
"I'm sorry the call is so late"
- flowering or ripening towards the end of the season
"the last late chrysanthemums"
- (of a specified person) no longer alive
"the late Francis Bacon"
- no longer having the specified status; former
"a late colleague of mine"
- after the expected, proper, or usual time
"she arrived late"
behind schedule behind time behindhand unpunctually belatedly tardily at the last minute at the tail end after hours after office hours overtime past the usual finishing/stopping/closing time - far on in time; towards the end of a period
"it happened late in 1994"
- at or until a time far on in the day or night
"now I'm old enough to stay up late"
- formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution
"Mrs Halford, late of the County Records Office"