āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻĻā§āϰā§
doing or happening after the time that is usual or expected
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project submission was late, but the teacher accepted it.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āϤāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The award was presented in honor of the late Dr. Smith, who dedicated his life to medical research.
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϤ āĻĄāĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻā§āĻŦāύāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻāĻŦā§āώāĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϏāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻļā§āώ
existing or occurring near the end of a specified period of time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His career took off in the late 1990s, bringing him widespread recognition.
1990-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āώā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻāϤā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3.1
āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ
referring to a time that is close to the end of the day or night, typically beyond usual or expected hours
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By the time we finished dinner, it was already late.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻāύ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's success is attributed to its late CEO, who revolutionized its strategy.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāϞā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻļāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The late update to the software fixed several bugs that users had reported.
āϏāĻĢā§āĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻĄā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§, āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāϤā§
after the typical or expected time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train was running late due to technical difficulties.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻāĻŋ āϞā§āĻ āĻāϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§, āĻļā§āώā§
toward the end of a specific period of time or phase in someone's life
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flowers started blooming late in March due to the cold weather.
āĻļā§āϤāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āĻĢā§āϞ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ
used to refer to something that continues toward the end of the day
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often prefers working late, when the office is quiet.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
lately
latency
lateness
late
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