Definition of Late

Adjective: late (later,latest) leyt

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"
After the expected or usual time; delayed
"I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late";
- belated, tardy
Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
"a late development"; "their late quarrel";
- recent
Having died recently
"her late husband"
(linguistics) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
"Late Greek"
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";
- later
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
"our late President is still very active";
- former, previous

Adverb: late leyt

Later than usual or than expected
"the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school";
- belatedly, tardily
To an advanced time
"talked late into the evening";
- deep
At an advanced age or stage
"she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career"
In the recent past
"as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "he was in Paris as of late";
- recently, lately, of late, latterly, as of late