"be late" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is late [present, singular, third-person], being late [participle, present], was late [past], been late [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> late}} be late (third-person singular simple present is late, present participle being late, simple past was late, past participle been late)
  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub
    Sense id: en-be_late-en-verb-47DEQpj8
  2. (colloquial) To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected. Tags: colloquial Translations (arrive late): تَأَخَّرَ (taʔaḵḵara) (Arabic), تأخر (taʔaḵḵar) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), gecikmək (Azerbaijani), спазня́цца (spaznjácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), спазні́цца (spaznícca) [perfective] (Belarusian), 遲到 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟到 (chídào) (Chinese Mandarin), 來晚 (Chinese Mandarin), 来晚 (lái wǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), zpožďovat se [imperfective] (Czech), zpozdit se [perfective] (Czech), malfrui (Esperanto), hilinema (Estonian), olla myöhässä (Finnish), être en retard (French), sich verspäten (German), késik (Hungarian), elkésik (Hungarian), 遅れる (okureru) (alt: おくれる) (Japanese), 늦다 (neutda) (Korean), spóźniać się [imperfective] (Polish), spóźnić się [perfective] (Polish), atrasar (Portuguese), a întârzia (Romanian), опа́здывать (opázdyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опозда́ть (opozdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), llegar tarde (Spanish), vara sen (Swedish), gecikmek (Turkish), спі́знюватися (spíznjuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), спізня́тися (spiznjátysja) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian), спізни́тися (spiznýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), запі́знюватися (zapíznjuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запізня́тися (zapiznjátysja) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian), запізни́тися (zapiznýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-be_late-en-verb-VMdR3A88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'arrive late': 0 100

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "was late",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "sense": "arrive late",
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      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "遲到"
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      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "malfrui"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "hilinema"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "olla myöhässä"
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      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "être en retard"
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      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "sich verspäten"
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      "sense": "arrive late",
      "word": "késik"
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      "sense": "arrive late",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arrive late",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "arrive late",
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      "sense": "arrive late",
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      "sense": "arrive late",
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}

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