Synonym: behind, slow, tardy. Antonym: early. Similar words: plate, later, relate, lately, isolate, violate, related, percolate. Meaning: [leɪt] 
adj. 1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time 2. after the expected or usual time; delayed 3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time 4. having died recently 5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages 6. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development 7. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. adv. 1. later than usual or than expected 2. to an advanced time 3. at an advanced age or stage 4. in the recent past.
adj. 1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time 2. after the expected or usual time; delayed 3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time 4. having died recently 5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages 6. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development 7. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. adv. 1. later than usual or than expected 2. to an advanced time 3. at an advanced age or stage 4. in the recent past. 
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151. Her husband will skin her alive if she comes home late.
152. He admonished his friend not to be late for work.
153. Hurry up! Or we'll be late getting to the station.
154. Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.
155. It was too late to save the sick woman, and she died.
156. It is never too late to be who you might have been.
157. I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.
158. I'd like to know the reason why you're so late.
159. He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived 2 hours late.
160. He was governor of the province in the late 1970s.
161. I didn't tell her that he was late because I didn't want to cause her any alarm.
162. I have sent mother a message to tell her I shall be home late.
163. The rays of the late sun slanted in streams through the cypress trees.
164. The players wore black armbands as a tribute to their late teammate.
165. In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
166. She was late again and was dismissed from her job.
167. There will be a penalty for late payment of bills.
168. First-time visitors to Spain are often surprised by how late people eat.
169. He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything.
170. I daren't be late for work again or director will call me over the coals.
171. Fortunately the train was late so we did not miss it.
172. She's a glutton for work . She stays late every evening.
173. Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
174. We must find a way to resolve these problems before it's too late.
175. I shouldn't be too late. But it depends if the traffic's bad.
176. The shops in central London keep open late on Thursday evenings.
177. We didn't arrive back at the hotel until very late.
178. After he handed in the report,(http://sentencedict.com/late.html) he had several afterthoughts that were too late to put in it.
179. Our train puffed away from the station ten minutes late.
180. He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
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