late /leit/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• (adj.) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
• (adj.) having died recently

Chinese translation

• a. 迟的, 晚的, 已故的
• adv. 很晚, 很迟, 晚

Word details

Part of speech

adjective / adverb

Pronunciation

/leit/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao

Frequency

Zipf 5.34 · Common

Word forms

later, latest

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Related words

later · latest · lately · lateral · latent

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