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See US English definition of late
See UK English definition of late
See Spanish definition of tardío
1‘the train was one and a half hours late’
punctual, early, fast
2‘her late husband’
alive, existing
3‘he was Minister for Education in the late government’
current
1‘she had arrived late’
early, betimes
2‘I was working late’
3‘I won't have you staying out late’
‘she'd been drinking too much of late’