be lated

adjective

coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.

late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.

Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.

Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.

Origin:
1610–20; belate to delay (be- + late) + -ed²

Related forms

be·lat·ed·ly, adverb

be·lat·ed·ness, noun

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belated (bɪˈleɪtɪd)

—*adj*
	late or too late: belated greetings

be'latedly

—*adv*

be'latedness

—n

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Word Origin & History

belated

1610s, "overtaken by night," pp. adj. from belate "to make late, detain," from be- + late. Sense of "coming past due, behind date" is from 1660s. Related: Belatedly.

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