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-v. 2. fasten, secure, close, slam; lock, padlock, bolt.
late, adj. 1. tardy, behind, behind time or schedule, not on time, unpunctual; overdue, past due; slow, pro-crastinative, procrastinatory, dilatory, delaying, cunc-tation, cunctatory, Rare, cunctative.
2. prolonged, protracted, extended, drawn-out, lengthened; delayed, stayed, put-off, postponed, belated.
3. recent, new, fresh, up-to-the-minute, up-to-date, current.
4. previous, preceding, prior, antecedent; former, Inf. ex, old, one-time.
5. deceased, dead; defunct, nonextant.
6. of late lately, recently. See - lately {def. 1). -adv. 7. tardily, unpunctually, slowly, procrasti-natively, dilatorily.
8. at the eleventh hour, at the last minute or moment, at the tail or tag end.
9. late into the night, until or at all hours, until or at the wee or small hours, until the early hours of the morning, until or at dawn, until or at daybreak, until or at cockcrow.
10. lately, recently, formerly, previously. See - lately (def 2).
latecomer, n. 1. Johnny-come-lately, late arrival, Inf. ten o'clock scholar; procrastinator, cunctator, post-poner, delayer; dallier, dawdler, idler, trifler, lingerer, loiterer; laggard, Inf. slow-poke, Inf. poke, snail.
2. newcomer, arriviste, parvenu, Fr. nouveau riche, the newly rich, upstart,
lately, adv. 1. of late, recently, in the past few days, in the last couple of weeks, in the past month; not long ago, a little while back, a short time ago; not long since, just last week, just the other day, yesterday.
2. late, formerly, previously, before this time, heretofore.
latency, n. 1. potentiality, possibility; indication, suggestion, implication, hint, insinuation, intimation, undercurrent.
2. dormancy, quiescence, inertness, inertia, inactivity, inaction, passivity, idleness; lifelessness, motionlessness, immovability, immobility, stillness; slumber, somnolence, sleep, hibernation, estivation; lethargy, torpor, languidness, languor, sluggishness, dullness, stagnancy.
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