Belated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Belated \Be*lat"ed\, a.
     Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night;
     benighted. "Some belated peasant." --Milton. --
     {Be*lat"ed*ness}, n. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Belate \Be*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belated}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Belating}.]
     To retard or make too late. --Davenant.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  belated
       adj : after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated
             birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is
             late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal";
             "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: {late},
              {tardy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "belated":
     antique, archaic, arrested, back, backward, behind time,
     behindhand, blocked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained,
     held up, hung up, in a bind, in abeyance, jammed, late, latish,
     moratory, never on time, obstructed, oldfangled, out of date,
     out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, overdue, passe, retarded, slow,
     stopped, tardy, unpunctual, unready, untimely