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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "late"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻĻ⧇āϰ⧀

doing or happening after the time that is usual or expected
late definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project submission was late, but the teacher accepted it.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϤāĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ

(of a person) having recently passed away
late definition and meaning
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The award was presented in honor of the late Dr. Smith, who dedicated his life to medical research.
āĻāχ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĄāσ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻļ⧇āώ

existing or occurring near the end of a specified period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His career took off in the late 1990s, bringing him widespread recognition.
1990-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻļāϕ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϘāĻŸā§‡, āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3.1

āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ

referring to a time that is close to the end of the day or night, typically beyond usual or expected hours
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By the time we finished dinner, it was already late.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻ–āύ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻŽā§ƒāϤ

(of a person) formerly had a certain status or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's success is attributed to its late CEO, who revolutionized its strategy.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŋāχāĻ“āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦ āϘāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ

occurred in the recent past
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The late update to the software fixed several bugs that users had reported.
āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ— āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇, āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇

after the typical or expected time
late definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train was running late due to technical difficulties.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āϟ āϚāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇, āĻļ⧇āώ⧇

toward the end of a specific period of time or phase in someone's life
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flowers started blooming late in March due to the cold weather.
āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϟāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ

used to refer to something that continues toward the end of the day
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often prefers working late, when the office is quiet.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

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