late 1 Adjective part of delay . 2 Located behind normal or due: The clock is late, the child is late for his age . You can bring a complement with en : Late in the study . Delayed. 3 ( Being ) With debts or deficit or bad money, circumstantially. Reached, pawned, delayed. 4 Not recent or the latest: News in arrears . Past. 5 It applies to those who do not live, think or work according to current usage: Live late a quarter of a century . Delayed, delayed. Applied to countries, less cultured or civilized than those considered to be advanced. Uncultured, retarded. Go late. Being doing something later than it should or being late to a place: I arrived late to the meeting . Go delayed. V. backward news .
