Latest

3 definitions found

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

  Late \Late\ (l[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Later} (l[=a]t"[~e]r), or
     {latter} (l[a^]t"t[~e]r); superl. {Latest} (l[=a]t"[e^]st) or
     {Last} (l[.a]st).] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ae]t; akin to
     OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel.
     latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See
     {Let} to permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]


     1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or
        proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
        late spring.
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     2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of
        the day; a late period of life.
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     3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not
        now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office;
        as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
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     4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the
        late rains; we have received late intelligence.
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     5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;
        as, late revels; a late watcher.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  latest
       adj 1: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date;
              "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest
              scientific discoveries" [syn: {up-to-the-minute}]
       2: in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears
          only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear";
          "knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a
          with-it boutique" [syn: {last}, {newest}, {up-to-date}, {cutting-edge},
           {with-it}]

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

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "latest":
     actual, as is, being, closing, concluding, contemporaneous,
     contemporary, current, eventual, existent, existing, extant,
     farthest out, fashionable, final, fresh, hindmost, immanent,
     immediate, in, instant, lag, last, latter, modern, most recent,
     new, newest, present, present-age, present-day, present-time,
     rearmost, running, terminal, that be, that is, topical, up-to-date,
     up-to-the-minute