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Late Geç Time Adjective Opposite Early  /Leɪt   Latest

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Kind adjective
Front late 
IPA  /leɪt   / adjective (later; latest)
Back sonları, sonu, -in geç saatleri, geç
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late (adjective)

 /leɪt   / adjective (later; latest)
 
 1 near the end of a period of time
sonları, sonu, -in geç saatleri, geç
 in the late afternoon/summer/20th century
 in the late morning
 His mother's in her late fifties.
 in late May/late in May
 We got back home late in the evening.
OPPOSITE EARLY
 2 after the usual or expected time
geç
 I'm sorry I'm late.
 She was ten minutes late for school.
 The ambulance arrived too late to save him.
 to be late with the rent
 The buses are running late today.
 to stay up late
OPPOSITE EARLY
 3 near the end of the day
geç
 It's getting late – let's go home.
OPPOSITE EARLY
 4 [only before a noun]
no longer alive; dead
merhum, rahmetli
 his late wife
IDIOMS
an early/a late night
an evening when you go to bed earlier/later than usual
erken/geç yatma
later on
at a later time
daha sonra
 Later on you'll probably wish that you'd worked harder at school.
 Bye – I'll see you a bit later on.
sooner or later
at some time in the future; one day
er geç, er ya da geç
 I suppose I'll hear from her sooner or later.
 

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