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Late

(adj) /leɪt/
Late

Meaning

Doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time.

Pronunciation

UK leɪt

US leɪt

Example Sentences

  • The modern game of tennis originated in [Birmingham], England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.
  • In the late 19th century, after hundreds of years of isolation, Seoul opened its gates to foreigners and began to modernize.
  • The word software was first used in the late 1960s to emphasize on its difference from computer hardware, which can be physically observed by the user.
  • Adidas [wasn't] known as Adidas until the late 1940's.
  • The bus is late.
  • The bus is ten minutes late.

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