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Grep of noun late acrylate armor plate armour plate backplate baking chocolate biteplate bitter chocolate bittersweet chocolate boilerplate bookplate breastplate cardinalate charge plate chelate chocolate clean slate cleft palate collection plate consulate cooking chocolate copperplate correlate cover plate cyclohexanol phthalate dark chocolate dental plate dessert plate dinner plate dinoflagellate distillate doorplate ejaculate electroplate end-plate endplate even-toed ungulate faceplate fashion plate finger plate fishplate flagellate folate footplate gold plate gusset plate hard palate home plate hot chocolate hot plate hotplate indian chocolate l-plate late-night hour late blight late greek late latin late purple aster latecomer lateen lateen-rig lateen sail latency latency period latency phase latency stage lateness latent content latent diabetes latent heat latent hostility latent period latent schizophrenia lateral lateral cerebral sulcus lateral condyle lateral epicondyle lateral epicondylitis lateral geniculate body lateral humeral epicondylitis lateral line lateral line organ lateral pass lateral rectus lateral rectus muscle lateral thinking lateral ventricle lateralisation laterality lateralization laterite latex latex paint license plate matriculate merthiolate methyl salicylate milk chocolate motor end plate nameplate numberplate odd-toed ungulate oxalate palate percolate phenyl salicylate photographic plate plain chocolate plantlike flagellate plate polymethyl methacrylate postulate prelate proconsulate quarter plate rider plate sailor's breastplate salad plate salicylate sandwich plate silver plate slate sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate sodium salicylate soft palate soup plate spin the plate steel plate template tin plate u-shaped plate unguiculate ungulate uranyl oxalate wall plate zooflagellate Overview of adj late The adj late has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (34) late -- (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast") 2. (4) belated, late, tardy -- (after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments") 3. (3) late, recent -- (of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal") 4. (3) late -- (having died recently; "her late husband") 5. (2) late -- ((linguistics) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek") 6. (1) late, later -- (at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child") 7. former, late, previous -- ((used especially of persons) of to the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House") Overview of adv late The adv late has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (16) late, belatedly, tardily -- (later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday") 2. (3) deep, late -- (to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening") 3. late -- (at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career") 4. recently, late, lately, of late, latterly -- (in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also") Antonyms of adj late 7 senses of late Sense 1 late (vs. early) (vs. middle) early (vs. middle) (vs. late) => aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial => advance(postnominal), beforehand(prenominal) => archean, archaean => archeozoic, archaeozoic => azoic => earlier, earliest => earlyish => matutinal => premature, untimely => previous(prenominal), premature => proterozoic => proto(postnominal) => wee middle (vs. late) (vs. early) => intervening => mid(postnominal) Sense 2 belated, late, tardy INDIRECT (VIA unpunctual) -> punctual Sense 3 late(postnominal), recent INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 late(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive Sense 5 late (vs. early) (vs. middle) early (vs. middle) (vs. late) => Old middle (vs. late) (vs. early) Sense 6 late (vs. early), later(postnominal) early (vs. late) => archaic, primitive => baby, new young => beginning(postnominal), novice(postnominal) => crude, primitive, rude => embryo(postnominal), embryonic, embryotic, in embryo => incipient, inchoate => precocious Sense 7 former(postnominal), late(postnominal), previous(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Similarity of adj late 7 senses of late Sense 1 late (vs. early) (vs. middle) => advanced, ripe => after-hours => in arrears(prenominal) => later(postnominal), last(postnominal), latter(postnominal) => latish => posthumous Sense 2 belated, late, tardy => unpunctual (vs. punctual) Sense 3 late(postnominal), recent => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 late(postnominal) => dead (vs. alive) Sense 5 late (vs. early) (vs. middle) => Modern, New => New Sense 6 late (vs. early), later(postnominal) => advanced(postnominal) => tardive Sense 7 former(postnominal), late(postnominal), previous(postnominal) => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Attributes of adj late 1 of 7 senses of late Sense 1 late (vs. early) (vs. middle) => timing Familiarity of adj late late used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj late aciculate alate alveolate angulate annulate apiculate appellate areolate arillate articulate auriculate barbellate biflagellate biloculate blate bracteolate bullate calceolate calyculate campanulate canaliculate cancellate capsulate carpellate carunculate catenulate chelate chocolate coagulate correlate crenelate crenellate crenulate cupulate denticulate desolate disconsolate edentulate emasculate etiolate faveolate fistulate flagellate foliolate geniculate immaculate inarticulate inviolate lanceolate late lateen lateen-rigged latent later lateral latest lingulate maculate mandibulate nonparticulate nonreticulate oblanceolate oblate operculate orbiculate ossiculate paniculate papillate particulate pedunculate pistillate prolate pustulate reticulate serrulate spatulate stellate trabeculate triangulate trifoliolate tuberculate umbelate umbellate unarticulate undulate unguiculate ungulate uniovulate urceolate vacuolate vermiculate verticillate Overview of adj late The adj late has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (34) late -- (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast") 2. (4) belated, late, tardy -- (after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments") 3. (3) late, recent -- (of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal") 4. (3) late -- (having died recently; "her late husband") 5. (2) late -- ((linguistics) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek") 6. (1) late, later -- (at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child") 7. former, late, previous -- ((used especially of persons) of to the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House") Overview of adv late The adv late has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (16) late, belatedly, tardily -- (later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday") 2. (3) deep, late -- (to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening") 3. late -- (at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career") 4. recently, late, lately, of late, latterly -- (in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also")
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