/leɪt/
Translation
Happening after the usual or right time.
Word origin
Comes from the Old English word laet, meaning slow or coming after the right time.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- laet
Examples
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"Late" shows I arrived after the right time.
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Here "late" means the dinner was near the end of the day.
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"Late" shows the train came after its time.
If you are "late", you arrive or do something after the time you should. A late train comes after the time it was due. "Late" can also mean near the end of a part of the day, like late at night. The opposite is "early".
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(14)A Day Together
2 min read · Core 1000
The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read · Core 1000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(34)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
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Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Who, What, Where, When, Why and How: The English Question Words
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Come: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Go: 14 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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