[duration] late

Frequency: 9.045.0 per million words

Specifies the exact amount of time by which one is late.

Examples (10)

  • The train was 45 minutes late.
  • She arrived ten minutes late for the meeting.
  • The flight is expected to be two hours late due to bad weather.
  • He was an hour late for his own wedding!
  • Despite leaving early, they were still a few minutes late.
  • The delivery was three days late, causing much inconvenience.
  • The bus ran fifteen minutes late during rush hour.
  • The concert started half an hour late.
  • I'm afraid I'll be twenty minutes late for our appointment.
  • The project is already a month late, and we need to speed up.