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  1. adjective Coming, occurring, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed: The bus is late. See Synonyms at tardy.
  2. adjective Beginning after or continuing past the usual or expected hour: a late breakfast; a late meeting.
  3. adjective Occurring at an advanced hour, especially well into the evening or night: a late movie on television; the late flight to Denver.
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  • - I deduce that your meeting of this late has been a success no? —  New Document
  • How many pro-choice people have you actually met that would agree that terminating a pregnancy this late is acceptable? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • "I have what's known as a late-night dive and people definitely come in and smoke," said Clements, owner of the Lee Circle watering hole. —  CityBusiness Up to the Minute
  • Now out of high school and taking time off from college to give the band a serious run, the guys have continued to gain momentum with a self-titled debut album under their new name late last year.
  • Wichita is known as the late-term abortion capital of the Midwest despite its fairly restrictive laws, thanks to Gov. —  The Corner
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English læt; see lē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English lat (usually inflected, late, etc.), from Anglo-Saxon læt, slow, late, = Old Saxon lat = OFries. let = Dutch laat = Middle Low German lat, Low German lāt = Old High German laʒ, Middle High German laz, German lass, slow, weary, = Icelandic latr = Danish lad = Swedish lat, late, slow, tardy, = Gothic (Moesogothic) lats, slothful; prob. from the root of let, Anglo-Saxon lǣtan, etc., and akin to L. lassus (for *ladtus, orig. past participle), weary (see lassitude, alas). The verb let, hinder, is from late.
  2. from Middle English late; from late, adjective
  3. Middle English, from Icelandic lāt, in plural manners, læti, manner.
  4. Middle English, from Icelandic læti, sound; cf. late.
 

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