late

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
late/leɪt/

▶adjective

• 1 acting, arriving, or happening after the expected or usual time.

• 2 belonging or taking place far on in a particular time or period.

• 3 far on in the day or night.

• 4 (the/one's late) (of a specified person) no longer alive.

  ■ no longer having the specified status; former.

• 5 (latest) of most recent date or origin.

▶adverb

• 1 after the expected or usual time.

• 2 towards the end of a period.

• 3 far on in the day or night.

• 4 (later) at a time in the near future; afterwards.

• 5 (late of) formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution.

▶noun (the latest) the most recent news or fashion.

– phrases
at the latest no later than the time specified.
late in the day (or N. Amer. game) at a late stage in proceedings.
of late recently.

– derivatives
lateness noun.

– origin OE læt (adj.), late (adv.), of Gmc origin.