1. late - Noun
2. late - Adjective
3. late - Adverb
5. late - Adjective Satellite
Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
Not long ago; lately.
Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDo not be ashamed to learn in adulthood: it is better to learn late than never. Aesop
Better late than never. Livy
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
When you are thirsty, it is too late to think about digging a well. Japanese Proverb
Better late than never. Polish Proverb
If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at, too late and you are stoned. Persian Proverb