lateness

late  (lt)

adj. lat·er, lat·est

1. Coming, occurring, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed: The bus is late. See Synonyms at tardy.

2.

a. Beginning after or continuing past the usual or expected hour: a late breakfast; a late meeting.

b. Occurring at an advanced hour, especially well into the evening or night: a late movie on television; the late flight to Denver.

3. Of or toward the end or more advanced part, as of a period or stage: the late 19th century; a later symptom of the disease.

4.

a. Having begun or occurred just previous to the present time; recent: a late development.

b. Contemporary; up-to-date: the latest fashion.

5.

a. Having recently occupied a position or place: the company's late president gave the address.

b. Dead, especially if only recently deceased: in memory of the late explorer.

adv. later, latest

1. After the expected, usual, or proper time: a train that arrived late; woke late and had to skip breakfast.

2.

a. At or until an advanced hour: talked late into the evening.

b. At or into an advanced period or stage: a project undertaken late in her career.

3. Recently: As late as last week he was still in town.

Idiom:

of late

Recently; lately: was feeling better of late.

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[Middle English, from Old English læt; see l- in Indo-European roots.]

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lateness n.

Usage Note: It is technically correct to use a phrase such as our late treasurer to refer to a person who is still alive but who no longer holds the relevant post, but the use of former in this context will ensure that no embarrassing misunderstanding is created.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lateness - quality of coming late or later in time timing - the time when something happens subsequentness, posteriority, subsequence - following in time earliness - quality of coming early or earlier in time

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lateness

noun delay, late date, retardation, tardiness, unpunctuality, belatedness, advanced hour A large crowd had gathered despite the lateness of the hour.

Translations

lateness [ˈleɪtnɪs] N [of person, vehicle] → retraso m, tardanza f, atraso m (LAm); [of hour] → lo avanzado
he was fined for persistent lateness → le sancionaron por llegar constantemente tarde

lateness [ˈleɪtnɪs] n

(= non-punctuality) [person] → retard m
He apologized for his lateness → Il s'excusa pour son retard.
I'm tired of your constant lateness → J'en ai assez de vos retards constants.

[train, plane] → retard m

[event, bedtime] → heure f tardive
despite the lateness of the hour → malgré l'heure tardive
late-night [ˈleɪtnaɪt] adj

[event, programme] → de fin de soirée

[service] → de nuit
late-night shopping n
There's late-night shopping on Thursdays → Les magasins ouvrent en nocturne le jeudi., Les magasins ont une nocturne le jeudi.

lateness

n (= arriving late at work etc) → Zuspätkommen nt; (of train, payments) → Verspätung f; (of meal) → späte Zeit; (of harvest, seasons) → spätes Eintreten; the lateness of the hour → die so späte Stunde

lateness [ˈleɪtnɪs] n (of person, vehicle) → ritardo; (of event) → ora tarda

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lateness [ˈleɪtnɪs] n (of person, vehicle) → ritardo; (of event) → ora tarda