Late Leɪt Time I Adjective She's Work Day

• i'm sorry i'm late.
• she's late for work every day.
• my flight was an hour late.
• we apologize for the late arrival of this train.

late

1. arriving, happening or done after the expected, arranged or usual time
• OPPOSITE early
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/early_2
• I'm sorry I'm late.
• She's late for work every day.
• My flight was an hour late.
• We apologize for the late arrival of this train.
• Interest will be charged for late payment.
• Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.
• Here is a late news flash.
• Some children are very late developers.

Extra Examples

• I'm late for work.
• He was now three weeks late with his rent.
• Kevin was fashionably late as always.
• The train was 45 minutes late.
• You've left it a bit late to start your homework, haven't you?
2. near the end of a period of time, a person’s life, etc.
• OPPOSITE early
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/early_2
• in the late afternoon
• in late summer
• young people in their late teens (= aged 18 or 19)
• She married in her late twenties (= when she was 28 or 29).
• The school was built in the late 1970s.
• The concert was cancelled at a very late stage.
• United sealed the win with two late goals.
• Shakespeare's late plays
• a late Victorian house
3. near the end of the day
• OPPOSITE early
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/early_2
• Let's go home—it's getting late.
• Look at the time—it's much later than I thought.
• What is the latest time I can have an appointment?

Extra Examples

• I don't know what the time is, but it feels quite late.
• It was now late into the night.
• What are you doing up at this late hour?
4. no longer alive
• She spoke of her late husband with passion.
• The event was organized in memory of the late Stephen Hawking.
5. happening after the time when it is possible to do something
• It's too late to save her now.
• Buy now before it's too late.
• I’m afraid you’re too late to apply for the job.
• The doctors did all they could, but it was too late.
• It's getting too late to do anything today.

Word Origin

• Old English læt (adjective; also in the sense ‘slow, tardy’), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’ and let.