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belated

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be⋅lat⋅ed

  [bi-ley-tid]
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–adjective
1. coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
2. late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.
3. Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.
4. Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.
Origin:
1610–20; belate to delay ( be- + late ) + -ed 2

Related forms:
be⋅lat⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
be⋅lat⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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be·lat·ed   (bĭ-lā'tĭd)   
adj.  Having been delayed; done or sent too late: a belated birthday card.

[be- + lated.]
be·lat'ed·ly adv., be·lat'ed·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

belated 
1618, "overtaken by night," from be- + late (q.v.). Sense of "coming past due" is from 1670.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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