Late Definition
(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
- Recently; lately:
was feeling better of late.
- at a late stage; near the end
- lately
Other Word Forms of Late
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Origin of Late
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From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late"), from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy"), from Proto-Indo-European *lÄ“(y)d- (“to weaken, tire, relax, subside"). Cognate with Scots lat (“late"), West Frisian let (“late"), Dutch laat (“late"), Low German laat (“late"), German lass (“dull, limp"), Swedish lat (“idle, lazy"), Icelandic latur (“lazy"), Latin lassus (“weary, faint").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English læt lē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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