late meaning
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[leɪt] [-eɪt] 
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- Late may refer to:
- A deceased person or thing
- Late (album), a 2000 album by The 77s
- Late!, a pseudonym used by Dave Grohl on his Pocketwatch album
- Late (rapper), an underground rapper from Wolverhampton
- "Late" (song), a song by Blue Angel
- Late (Tonga), an uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Vavaʻu in the kingdom of Tonga
- "Late", a song by Kanye West from Late Registration
- NounPLlatesSUF-ate
- AdjectiveCOMlaterSUPlatest
- Near the end of a period of time.
- It was late in the evening when we finally arrived.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- It was getting late and I was tired.
- (usually not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period.
- Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.
- Not arriving until after an expected time.
- Even though we drove as fast as we could, we were still late.
- 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 having had an expected menstrual period.
- I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.).
- To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
- Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
- the late bishop of London; the late administration
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Near the end of a period of time.
- AdverbCOMlaterSUPlatest
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We saw a water devil form in the late afternoon on the lake.
- This histological subtype occurs in both osseous and extraosseous tissues and has a tendency for late local and disseminated recurrence.
- I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Later it was found that both genes are specifically expressed in germ cell clusters, primordial and early primary oocytes in females and in prespermatogonia and spermatogonia in males.
- Later on Alice decensored her painting by painting over the fig leafs she had been forced to put in.
- Later in the menopause period there also appear urogenital atrophic changes and related sexual dysfunctions, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, and musculoarticular complaints.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.
- The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
- Don't worry about the mess on the carpet - I'll hoover it up later.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of late in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "late" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.