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-té
- 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
- Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.
- The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down the level of inflation.
- Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Late 14th century: For, but if Crist open myracle kiþe, / Wiþouten gilt þou shalt be slayn as swiþe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale
- Late in gestation DNMT1o-deficient placentas had greater spongiotrophoblast content and reduced labyrinth vascular surface area.
- 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.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The children were randomly assigned in a clinical trial to undergo tympanostomy promptly or six to nine months later.
- Don't worry about the mess on the carpet - I'll hoover it up later.
- Committing half his reserves nearly three hours after the attack was too little, too late.
- 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.