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late 2, adverb (oh)



2 W3S2 adv comparative later superlative no superlative
after the usual time
::The stores are open later on Thursdays.
::Ellen has to work late tonight.
::Can you stay late?
after the arranged or expected time
-opposite early early
ten minutes/two hours etc late
::The bus came ten minutes late.
too late
after the time when something could or should have been done
::The advice came too late.
near to the end of a period of time or an event
late in
::The wedding took place late in May.
::It was not a place to walk in late at night .
as late as sth
used to express surprise that something considered old-fashioned was still happening so recently
::Capital punishment was still used in Britain as late as the 1950s.
of late
formal recently
::Birth rates have gone down of late.
late in life
if you do something late in life, you do it at an older age than most people do it
better late than never
used to say that you are glad someone has done something, or to say that they should do something even though they are late
-see also run late at run 1 (39)