late
Englisch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlate (comparative later, superlative latest)
- Near the end of a period of time.
- The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- It was getting late and I was tired.
- (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
- Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
- The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather.
- 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.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
- The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?
- 1992 February 5, Larry Charles, Elaine Pope, “The Fix-Up”, in Seinfeld, spoken by Cynthia (Maggie Wheeler):
- I am very worried. I am never late.
- (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Her late husband had left her well provided for.
- The piece was composed by the late Igor Stravinsky.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 181:
- To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
- 1969 December 7, Monty Python, “Full Frontal Nudity, Dead Parrot sketch”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese):
- This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!
- Order 3(ca)(i), Public Order (Prohibited Areas) Order 2009 (G.N. S 490/2009)
- The following public assemblies and public processions are excluded from the prohibition in paragraph 2: […] any public assembly or public procession in an open space that is held primarily to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew […]
- 2022 December 14, Nadia Khomami, quoting Iman, “‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie”, in The Guardian[1]:
- “He is not my ‘late husband’. He is my husband,” she said, before discussing how the couple had managed to retain their independent identities while together.
- 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
- 1640, Edvvard Reynoldes, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soul of Man. With the severall Dignities and Corruptions thereunto belonging., London: […] R. H. for Robert Bostock, […]:
- By Edvvard Reynoldes, late Preacher to the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inne: And now Rector of the Church of Braunſton in Northamptonſhire.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
- OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter,
Haſt thou according to thy oath and band
Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon:
Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale,
Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare,
Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?
- 1914, Robert Frost, “A Hundred Collars”, in North of Boston:
- Lancaster bore him—such a little town, / Such a great man. It doesn't see him often / Of late years, though he keeps the old homestead / And sends the children down there with their mother […]
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
Usage notes
edit- (deceased): Late in this sense qualifies named individuals (in phrases like the late Mary Smith). In this sense, it generally is confined to usage with the person's full name, or a title, relationship, etc., that would be adequate by itself to identify the person: the late Mary Smith; the late queen; his late wife; the late Mary, Queen of Scots; but in most cases not the late Mary.
Translations
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Nomen
editlate (plural lates)
- (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
- 2007, Paul W Browning, The Good Guys Wear Blue:
- At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual.
Antonyms
editAdverb
editlate (comparative later, superlative latest)
- After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
- We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.
- Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
- Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.
- The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!
- Not long ago; just now, recently.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 181, column 1:
- He ſhall doe this, or elſe I doe recant / The pardon that I late pronounced heere.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XIII, page 20:
- Tears of the widower, when he sees
A late-lost form that sleep reveals,
And moves his doubtful arms, and feels
Her place is empty, fall like these; […]
Synonyms
edit- (past a designated time): belatedly; see also Thesaurus:belatedly
- (formerly): erenow; see also Thesaurus:formerly
- (not long ago): freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently
Translations
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Derived terms
edit- a day late and a dollar short
- as of late
- be late
- better late than never
- better to be late than be dead on time
- day late, dollar short
- early and late
- fashionably late
- get late
- it's never too late to mend
- it's too late for sorry
- late antique
- late antiquity
- late binding
- late bloomer
- late-blooming
- late-bound
- late-breaking
- late capitalism
- late-capitalist
- late capitalist
- latecomer
- late effect
- late fee
- late innings
- late in the day
- late in the game
- late lamented
- lately
- late model
- late modern
- late modernity
- late night
- late-night
- late on
- late pass
- late position
- later
- late riser
- late stage capitalism
- late-stage capitalism
- late tackle
- late-term
- late to the ball
- late to the game
- late to the party
- late-type star
- late unpleasantness
- late-wake
- of late
- run late
- run late
- sooner or later
- sorry I'm late
- stay up late
- two thousand and late
- you'll be late for your own funeral
References
edit- 2009 April 3, Peter T. Daniels, "Re: Has 'late' split up into a pair of homonyms?", message-ID <bdb13686-a6e4-43cd-8445-efe353365394@l13g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, alt.usage.english and sci.lang, Usenet.
Anagrams
editDutch
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- inflection of laat:
Verb
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Galician
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Italian
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Anagrams
editKarelian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Livvi late.
Pronunciation
editNomen
editlate (genitive lattien, partitive latetta)
References
edit- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “пол”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
Latin
editAdverb
editlātē (comparative lātius, superlative lātissimē)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “late”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “late”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
- to have a wide extent: late patere (also metaphorically vid. sect. VIII. 8)
- the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
Livvi
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Karelian late.
Pronunciation
editNomen
editlate (genitive lattien, partitive latettu)
Declension
editDeclension of late (Type 23/päre, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | late | lattiet |
genitive | lattien | lattieloin |
partitive | latettu | lattieloi |
illative | lattieh | lattieloih |
inessive | latties | lattielois |
elative | lattiespäi | lattieloispäi |
allative | lattiele | lattieloile |
adessive | lattiel | lattieloil |
ablative | lattielpäi | lattieloilpäi |
translative | lattiekse | lattieloikse |
essive | lattiennu | lattieloinnu |
abessive | lattiettah | lattieloittah |
comitative | lattienke | lattieloinke |
instructive | lattieloin | |
prolative | lattieči |
References
edit- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “late”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English læt, from Proto-West Germanic *lat.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editlate
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “lāt(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English late.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editlate
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “lāt(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
editFrom Old Norse lát (“conduct, demeanour, voice, sound”, literally “let, letting, loss”) (from Proto-Germanic *lētiją (“behaviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēid-, *lēy- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Middle Low German lāt (“outward appearance, gesture, manner”), Old English lǣtan (“to let”). More at let.
Nomen
editlate
- Manner; behaviour; outward appearance or aspect.
- A sound; voice.
- c 1275-1499, King Alexander
- Than have we liking to lithe the lates of the foules.
- c 1275-1499, King Alexander
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
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Etymology 2
editVerb
editlate (imperative lat, present tense later, passive lates, simple past lot, past participle latt, present participle latende)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “late” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
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editlate
Etymology 2
editVerb
editlate (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)
- Alternative form of la
Etymology 3
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlate (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “late” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editAdverbial form of læt, composed with the suffix -e.
Pronunciation
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editlate (comparative lator, superlative latost)
Portuguese
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edit- Rhymes: -ati
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- inflection of latir:
Spanish
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- inflection of latir:
Swedish
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- en:Death
- en:Time
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- Rhymes:Livvi/ɑtʲe
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ati
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