(v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
(v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
(v.) 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.
(v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
(v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
(a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
(a.) Not long ago; lately.
(a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is followed by rapid neurobehavioral deterioration in late infancy or early childhood, a developmental arrest, plateauing, and then either a course of retarded development or continued deterioration.
(2) We have addressed the effect of late intensification with autologous bone marrow transplantation on SCLC through a randomized clinical trial.
(3) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
(4) A domain containing a CA repeat, similar to ones found in other late, cAMP-induced Dictyostelium genes, is required for cAMP-induced and developmental expression.
(5) This experimental system allows separation of three B lymphocyte developmental stages: early differentiation in vitro, progression to IgM secretion in vivo, and late differentiation dependent upon mature T lymphocytes in vivo.
(6) Thus, successful thrombolysis decreases the frequency of ventricular ectopic activity and late potentials in the early postinfarction phase.
(7) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
(8) Blocks of hippocampal tissue containing the fascia dentata were taken from late embryonic and newborn rats and transplanted to the hippocampal region of other newborn and young adult rats.
(9) Psychological well-being and the level of psychological autonomy were studied in a group of 109 Jewish late adolescents in the USSR.
(10) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
(11) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
(12) The fact that IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-5 regulate basophil function and viability in vitro demonstrates possible mechanisms for the regulation of basophil function and viability in IgE-mediated reactions (especially in late-phase reactions) in vivo by these factors.
(13) The rate of accumulation was highest late in infection and only the slower migrating form incorporates significant amounts of glucosamine.
(14) Results obtained from cumulative labeling and pulse-labeling and chase experiments with cells from late gastrulae, yolk plug-stage embryos, and neurulae showed that the 30S RNA is an intermediate in rRNA processing and is derived from 40S pre-rRNA and processed to 28S rRNA.
(15) In late May, more than 50 residents of Ust-Usa protested the effects of oil drilling and plans for a new oil well near the village.
(16) After early repair of congenital cardiovascular defects, such as coarctation of the aorta, late stenosis may become a problem.
(17) The Very Late Antigens (VLAs) are alpha beta heterodimeric transmembrane proteins mediating cell-substratum as well as cell-cell interactions.
(18) To determine if late viral genes contribute to target cell lysis, phosphonoacetic acid (PAA), an inhibitor of DNA polymerase activity, was used to block DNA replication that is required for expression of late viral proteins.
(19) Five late strokes were ipsilateral (1.8%) and six were contralateral (2.1%) to the operated carotid artery.
(20) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
Overdue
Definition:
(a.) Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.
Example Sentences:
(1) After Cameron wasted an overlap opportunity with a feeble cross into Elliot’s arms, Mark Hughes made an overdue substitution and sent on Peter Crouch.
(2) The economist has managed to persuade fellow EU leaders to release a long-overdue €8bn (£6.8bn) tranche of aid – a lifeline without which the country would have gone bankrupt – but still faces the huge challenges of negotiating a new bailout agreement with international lenders, passing the budget with a majority vote and concluding a debt reduction deal, outlined in the latest €130bn rescue programme for the nation, in the coming weeks.
(3) But international analysts have called the recovery a dead cat bounce – and the leadership’s reputation with its own people for sound management, along with the promise for international investors that the government was on track for overdue economic reforms, has suffered a serious blow.
(4) Ahead of Friday's second reading of his bill, which calls for tougher rules on advertising and caps on loan sizes and charges, Blomfield said tough regulation of the sector was long overdue.
(5) On these counts it scored and scored again, and, moreover, it seems likely to lead to long overdue change and protection for people who cannot defend themselves.
(6) The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has called the trials a long-overdue effort to obtain justice against war criminals four decades after Bangladesh split from Pakistan.
(7) A circadian reappraisal of drug effects in general is overdue.
(8) In a recent report the Macroeconomic Policy Institute said the refugees would boost the German economy and “act almost like a stimulus programme”, by forcing long overdue investments in Germany’s weakened infrastructure.
(9) This is long overdue and I had urged this step in my recent book on Rome,” Fischer told AAP from Oslo.
(10) His rent of $380 for the year is overdue and, although part-way through his training as a lab technician, Douda doesn’t have a job.
(11) Huw Evans, deputy director general at the ABI, said: "The review of the Riot Damages Act is overdue, but government proposals to drastically cut back compensation are at odds with its intention to retain the principle that the state is responsible for the costs of riot damage, that has proved its worth for taxpayers for over 100 years.
(12) Like Barak, the Palestinian leader felt that permanent status negotiations were long overdue; unlike Barak, he did not think that this justified doing away with the interim obligations.
(13) This development is long overdue,” Delano Seiveright said.
(14) Critical evaluation of serum bactericidal titres is long overdue.
(15) He may be victim of an incorrigible cronyism, and his overdue attempt to reform Britain’s welfare state has left many rough edges, some of them inexcusable.
(16) A negotiated settlement is long overdue, but it will only happen if strong international pressure, including from the US, is exerted on the Saudis.
(17) Since November 2013, Brockmeyer has paid off another three overdue tax bills totalling $64,599.
(18) A new cascading and embracing principle of devolution and nationalism is again surely well overdue.
(19) The market drop is overdue.” In a fresh sign that the Chinese economy has weakened, business magazine Caixin reported on Tuesday that China’s national rail freight volumes declined by a tenth in 2015, their biggest ever annual decline.
(20) A treaty to bring the arms trade under control is long overdue, but it must be a treaty with teeth.