Phrase Hound found 91 phrases and 112 compound words that contain late. The most common are listed below. Open late in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 91
- late feesplural of late fee: A fee charged by a library for the late return of an item
- too lateUsed to indicate that something is ineffective or useless because it happens after the best time for it.
- late-nightOf, or related to the late night time.
- late feeA fee charged by a library for the late return of an item
- stay up late
- Late LatinThe form of the Latin language used between the 2nd/3rd and 6th centuries.
- Late Afternoon
- Late PeriodThe period of Egyptian history from the end of the Third Intermediate Period to the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great (the 26th through 31st dynasties), characterized by alternating periods of native and Persian rule.
- late to the partyLate in taking an action or adopting an idea.
- late modelRecently designed or fabricated; new.
- Up Late
- late in the dayToo late, or almost too late; belated.
- Late Spring
- Late Middle AgesThe period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, c. 1300 to 1500 CE.
- Late payment
- late modernof or pertaining to late modernity
- Late antiquityMisspelling of Late Antiquity.
- Late Modern EnglishThe form of the English language written and spoken in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- late antiqueUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see late, antique.
- late nightsplural of late night: Of, or related to the late night time.
- run lateTo be late; to fail to be on time.
- getting latepresent participle and gerund of get late
- late effectA condition that appears after the acute phase of an earlier, causal condition has run its course.
- late effectsplural of late effect: A condition that appears after the acute phase of an earlier, causal condition has run its course.
- late-termIn, pertaining to, or occurring during an advanced stage, especially of pregnancy.
Compound words 112
- latercomparative form of late: more late
- latterRelating to or being the second of two items.
- latelyRecently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
- latecomerOne who has arrived comparatively recently.
- lateshitSynonym of oldshit (“a transgender person who began transitioning at a relatively late age”).
- latecomingArriving late.
- lateoverSynonym of sleepunder: A kind of playdate, similar to a sleepover, in which a child stays at their friend's house until relatively late and then returns home.
- latesomeMarked by lateness; characteristically late
- lateishQuite late
- latewoodwood formed in a tree relatively late in the season