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")
late definition
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