late
/leɪt/
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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
today.
"Late" shows I arrived after the right time.
dinner.
Here "late" means the dinner was near the end of the day.
train .
"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".
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