late
- Noun. (dialectal, or) Manner; behaviour; outward appearance or aspect.
- Noun. (dialectal, or) A sound; voice.
- Adjective. Near the end of a period of time.
- Adjective. Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Adjective. (usually, not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period.
- Adjective. Not arriving until after an expected time.
- Adjective. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- Adjective. (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: (non-gloss definition, used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive.) (Often used with (term, the) ; see usage notes.).
- Adjective. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Noun. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
- Adverb. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
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