late
adverb/leɪt/
Frequency rank: #370 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
After the expected or usual time.
Example sentence
I left home right on schedule, but I still arrived a little late for the movie.
Synonyms & related words
More words in ranks 301–400
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