late betydelse and definition

Betydelse av late på svenska

• 0 (happening or being) near the end of a period of time:

  • It was late at night.

  • We talked late into the night.

  • Is that the time? I'd no idea it was so late.

  • It was late summer when it happened.

  • It was built in the late 19th century.

  • He's probably in his late twenties.

  • As late (= as recently) as the 1980s they were still using horses on this farm.

• 1 (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time:

  • This train is always late.

  • You'll be late for your flight if you don't hurry up.

  • Sorry I'm late. I was held up in the traffic.

  • It's too late to start complaining now.

  • We always have a late breakfast on Sunday mornings.

  • Some late news (= news of something that happened after the news programme started) has just come in - a bomb has exploded in central London.

  • Our ferry was two hours late because of the strike.

  • Kathryn's just phoned to say she's working late this evening.

• 2 in football, if a tackle is late, it is made after the ball has been moved by another player and the player, not the ball, is kicked:

  • He was booked for a late challenge in the first minute.

• 3 used to refer to someone who has died:

  • She gave her late husband's clothes to charity.

• 4 (happening or being) near the end of a period or in the recent past:

  • I expect him home late this afternoon.

  • I’d better get going – I had no idea it was so late!

  • [ + to infinitive ] It’s too late to call now.

  • I think Jody’s in her late twenties.

  • He is a celebrated painter of the late 19th century.

• 5 (happening or arriving) after the planned, expected, usual, or necessary time:

  • Sorry I’m late – I was caught in traffic.

  • You’ll be later than you already are if you don’t hurry up.

  • This is the latest she’s ever worked.

  • Summer came late this year (= The weather became warm after the usual time).

  • It’s too late to do anything about it now.

• 6 no longer alive, esp. having recently died:

  • She gave her late husband’s clothes to charity.