- Types Of Speech
- You can use late as a article, adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Late
- A 1 syllables article and 4 letters with the letters a, e, l, and t, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters at. Late starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters l, la, lat, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, ..
- Definition
- 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"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Late is set as a kindergarten word that starts with l, ends with e, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is late a scrabble word? A 4 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Late in Pig Latin is said as "atelay or atelway".
- Unigram
- l | a | t | e
- Bigram
- la | at | te
- Trigram
- lat | ate
- Quadrigram
- late
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- 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" - 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" - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature;
used especially of dead languages;
"late Greek"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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"
- Adverb Examples
- 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" - 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" - to an advanced time;
"deep into the night";
"talked late into the evening" - at an advanced age or stage;
"she married late";
"undertook the project late in her career"
Synonym | Definition |
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Aboriginal | a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
Adverse | in an opposing direction "adverse currents" "a contrary wind" |
After | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
Afterward | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
Afterwards | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time "he apologized subsequently" "he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later" "it didn''t happen until afterward" "two hours after that" |
After Time | |
Ahead | at or in the front "I see the lights of a town ahead" "the road ahead is foggy" "staring straight ahead" "we couldn''t see over the heads of the people in front" "with the cross of Jesus marching on before" |
Ahead Of Time | |
Anachronic | chronologically misplaced "English public schools are anachronistic" |
Anachronistic | chronologically misplaced "English public schools are anachronistic" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Late
Antonym | Definition |
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Early | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time "early morning" "an early warning" "early diagnosis" "an early death" "took early retirement" "an early spring" "early varieties of peas and tomat |
Middle | the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Teal | any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America |
Tale | a trivial lie "he told a fib about eating his spinach" "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" |
Tael | a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces |
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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in late. Words With The Letters Aelt
Name | Male | Female |
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Clate | No | No |
Slater | Yes | No |
Immaculate | Yes | Yes |
Vilate | No | No |
Laten | No | No |
View All Names For Late
Similar Word | Definition |
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Advanced | (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically" |
After Hours | n/a |
Latish | somewhat late |
Posthumous | occurring or coming into existence after a person''s death; "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a posthumous daughter" |
Ripe | far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Teal (4 letters) | 4 | 5 | tlae | ||
Latex (5 letters) | 12 +8 | 13 +8 | latex | ||
Wallet (6 letters) | 9 +5 | 11 +6 | wallet | ||
Wattle (6 letters) | 9 +5 | 10 +5 | aelttw | ||
Tale (4 letters) | 4 | 5 | tlae | ||
Tattle (6 letters) | 6 +2 | 7 +2 | tattle | ||
Aleut (5 letters) | 5 +1 | 7 +2 | aleut | ||
Latte (5 letters) | 5 +1 | 6 +1 | latte | ||
Valet (5 letters) | 8 +4 | 10 +5 | valet | ||
Attlee (6 letters) | 6 +2 | 7 +2 | aeeltt | ||
Teazel (6 letters) | 15 +11 | 16 +11 | aeeltz | ||
Tael (4 letters) | 4 | 5 | tlae | ||
Eluate (6 letters) | 6 +2 | 8 +3 | aeeltu | ||
Luxate (6 letters) | 13 +9 | 15 +10 | luxate | ||
Exalt (5 letters) | 12 +8 | 13 +8 | latex | ||
Elate (5 letters) | 5 +1 | 6 +1 | elate | ||
Late (4 letters) | 4 | 5 | tlae | ||
Alate (5 letters) | 5 +1 | 6 +1 | alate | ||
Luteal (6 letters) | 6 +2 | 9 +4 | luteal | ||
Lately (6 letters) | 9 +5 | 10 +5 | aellty | ||
Et Al (5 letters) | |||||
Et Al (5 letters) | |||||
Laxate (6 letters) | 13 +9 | 14 +9 | aaeltx | ||
Tavel (5 letters) | 8 +4 | 10 +5 | valet |
Late Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With L
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters