LATE definition: 1. (happening or being) near the end of a period of time: 2. (happening or arriving) after the…. Learn more.
The meaning of LATE is coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time. How to use late in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Late.
occurring at an advanced stage in life: a late marriage. belonging to an advanced period or stage in the history or development of something: the late phase of feudalism.
Definition of late adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
In this sense, it generally is confined to usage with the person's full name, or a title, relationship, etc., that would be adequate by itself to identify the person: the late Mary Smith; the late queen; his late wife; the late Mary, Queen of Scots; but in most cases not the late Mary.
- After the expected, usual, or proper time: a train that arrived late; woke late and had to skip breakfast. 2. a. At or until an advanced hour: talked late into the evening. b. At or into an advanced period or stage: a project undertaken late in her career.
Coming, appearing, or continuing after the usual or proper time; slow or tardy; long delayed; prolonged; behind time: opposed to early: as, a late arrival; a late summer; a late embryo.
LATE definition: occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: a late spring. See examples of late used in a sentence.
Late means after the usual time that a particular event or activity happens. We went to bed very late. He married late.