LATE

Definitions

1. 1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
2. 2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
3. 3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
4. 4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
5. 5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.