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late
Adjective
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An event is late if it happens after a specified time.
He was late to his appointment.
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Late at night.
It was a late meeting.
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Towards the end of.
You come in the late afternoon.
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Someone who is dead.
I loved my late husband.
late
Adverb
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Not on time.
He came five minutes late.
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Late at night.
We stayed late and went home in the dark.
Pleistocene
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noun
from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution