lātˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or grow late

lateˈness noun

lātˈer adverb

At some time after or in the near future

See you later, goodbye (also lāˈters)

lātˈest noun (informal; with the)

The latest news, fashion, version, etc

lātˈish adjective and adverb

late blight see potato blight under potato

lateˈcomer noun

A person who arrives late

late onset diabetes noun

Diabetes occurring in older people, in which the insulin lack is only relative

late wood noun (botany)

The wood formed in the later part of a growth ring, usu having smaller, thicker-walled cells than the early wood

at the latest

Not later than (a stated time)

late in the day (figurative)

At an unreasonably late stage of development, etc

of late

Recently