late

inflection of laat:
masculine/feminine singular attributive

inflection of laat:
definite neuter singular attributive


late

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of laten


late

The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.

It was getting late and I was tired.

Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.

(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.

The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather.

Panos was so late that he arrived at the meeting after Antonio, who had the excuse of being in hospital for most of the night.

Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.

The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.

Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.

I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?

I am very worried. I am never late.

1992 February 5, Larry Charles, Elaine Pope, “The Fix-Up”, in Seinfeld, spoken by Cynthia (Maggie Wheeler):

Not having had an expected menstrual period.

Her late husband had left her well provided for.

The piece was composed by the late Igor Stravinsky.

To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 181:

This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!

1969 December 7, Monty Python, “Full Frontal Nudity, Dead Parrot sketch”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese):

The following public assemblies and public processions are excluded from the prohibition in paragraph 2: […] any public assembly or public procession in an open space that is held primarily to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew […]

Order 3(ca)(i), Public Order (Prohibited Areas) Order 2009 (G.N. S 490/2009)

“He is not my ‘late husband’. He is my husband,” she said, before discussing how the couple had managed to retain their independent identities while together.

2022 December 14, Nadia Khomami, quoting Iman, “‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie”, in The Guardian:

(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.)

the late bishop of London

the late administration

By Edvvard Reynoldes, late Preacher to the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inne: And now Rector of the Church of Braunſton in Northamptonſhire.

1640, Edvvard Reynoldes, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soul of Man. With the severall Dignities and Corruptions thereunto belonging., London: […] R. H. for Robert Bostock, […]:

Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.

OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter,
Haſt thou according to thy oath and band
Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon:
Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale,
Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare,
Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?

1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

Lancaster bore him—such a little town, / Such a great man. It doesn't see him often / Of late years, though he keeps the old homestead / And sends the children down there with their mother[…]

1914, Robert Frost, “A Hundred Collars”, in North of Boston:

Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.

(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

en-adj

late (comparative later, superlative latest)

later (comparative)
latest (superlative)

laat

not arriving until after an expected time

overtijd

not having had an expected menstrual period

已故

yǐ gù / ㄧˇㄍㄨˋ

предишен

existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.


late

At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual.

2007, Paul W Browning, The Good Guys Wear Blue:

(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.


late

We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.

After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.

The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!

Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

He ſhall doe this, or elſe I doe recant / The pardon that I late pronounced heere.

c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 181, column 1:

Tears of the widower, when he sees
A late-lost form that sleep reveals,
And moves his doubtful arms, and feels
Her place is empty, fall like these; […]

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XIII, page 20:


late

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of latar:
third-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of latir:
second-person singular imperative


late

head

late (genitive lattien, partitive latetta)

From Proto-Finnic *lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Livvi late.


late

la-adv

lātē (comparative lātius, superlative lātissimē)

lātē (canonical)
lātius (comparative)
lātissimē (superlative)


late

head

late (genitive lattien, partitive latettu)

lattien (genitive)
latettu (partitive)
late (nominative singular)
lattiet (nominative plural)
lattien (genitive singular)
lattieloin (genitive plural)
latettu (partitive singular)
lattieloi (partitive plural)
lattieh (illative singular)
lattieloih (illative plural)
latties (inessive singular)
lattielois (inessive plural)
lattiespäi (elative singular)
lattieloispäi (elative plural)
lattiele (allative singular)
lattieloile (allative plural)
lattiel (adessive singular)
lattieloil (adessive plural)
lattielpäi (ablative singular)
lattieloilpäi (ablative plural)
lattiekse (singular translative)
lattieloikse (plural translative)
lattiennu (essive singular)
lattieloinnu (essive plural)
lattiettah (abessive singular)
lattieloittah (abessive plural)
lattienke (comitative singular)
lattieloinke (comitative plural)
lattieloin (instructive plural)
lattieči (prolative singular)

olo-decl

Type 23/<i class="Latn mention" lang="olo">päre</i>, tt-t gradation

From Proto-Finnic *lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Karelian late.


late

English: late

Geordie English: lyet

Scots: late

Yola: laate

From Old English læt, from Proto-West Germanic *lat.


late

English: late

Yola: laate


late

Manner; behaviour; outward appearance or aspect.

c 1275-1499, King Alexander

Than have we liking to lithe the lates of the foules.

From Old Norse lát (“conduct, demeanour, voice, sound”, literally “let, letting, loss”) (from Proto-Germanic *lētiją (“behaviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēid-, *lēy- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Middle Low German lāt (“outward appearance, gesture, manner”), Old English lǣtan (“to let”). More at let.


late

head

late (imperative lat, present tense later, passive lates, simple past lot, past participle latt, present participle latende)

lat (imperative)
later (present)
lates (passive)
lot (past)
latt (participle past)
latende (participle present)


late

lèt (present)
lét (past)
late (participle past)
latast (infinitive passive)
latande (participle present)
lat (imperative)


late

ang-adv

late (comparative lator, superlative latost)

lator (comparative)
latost (superlative)

Adverbial form of læt, composed with the suffix -e.


late

definite natural masculine singular of lat