Meaning & use
late
Happening or arriving after the expected, usual, or agreed time.
See it in a sentence
The train was late again, arriving nearly twenty minutes behind schedule.
Guests arriving late were quietly seated in the back of the theater.
A note on using this word
Late before a name, as in the late Queen, is a polite way of referring to someone who has died.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
No longer living; deceased.
Her late grandfather used to tell stories about growing up on a farm.
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