late

adjective/adverb19 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.2

A common intensifier for late.

To a very high degree of lateness.

To a small degree of lateness.

To a very small, almost negligible degree of lateness.

To a moderate or reasonable degree of lateness.

Late in comparison to something else.

Arriving late intentionally to appear important or sophisticated.

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

To delay starting something until close to the deadline.

Used to state the fact of being tardy or past the expected time.

Indicates the process of time passing and becoming late.

Used to suggest that it appears to be late based on observation.

To cause someone to be late.

Used to express the subjective sensation that it is late.

A more literary way to say it is becoming late.

Used to specify the event or appointment for which one is late.

Refers to a point towards the end of a period.

Indicates being overdue on a submission or payment.

Indicates continuing until a late point within a period.