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Webster 1913 Edition


Belated

Be-lat′ed

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Adj.
Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
“Some belated peasant.”
Milton.
Be-lat′ed-ness
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Noun.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Belated

BELA'TED

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Adj.
[be and lated.] Benighted; abroad late at night.
1.
Too late for the hour appointed or intended; later than the proper time.

Definition 2024


belated

belated

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belated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of belate

Adjective

belated (comparative more belated, superlative most belated)

  1. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
    Happy belated birthday!
    • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
      England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.

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