Definition of Lateness

1. Noun. Quality of coming late or later in time.

Generic synonyms: Timing
Specialized synonyms: Posteriority, Subsequence, Subsequentness
Antonyms: Earliness
Derivative terms: Late, Late, Late, Late, Late

Definition of Lateness

1. n. The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

Definition of Lateness

1. Noun. The property of being late ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lateness

1. the state of being late [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lateness

lateen sail
lateener
lateeners
lateens
lateish
lately
laten
latence
latences
latencies
latency
latency stage
latened
lateness (current term)
latenesses
latening
latens
latensification
latent
latent adrenocortical insufficiency
latent allergy
latent carcinoma
latent carrier
latent coccidioidomycosis
latent content
latent diabetes
latent energy
latent heat

Literary usage of Lateness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The reasons of this extraordinary lateness, and , the still more extraordinary lagging of prose (of which, Scottish except laws, letters, ..."

2. Comparison of an Eight-hour Plant and a Ten-hour Plant by Josephine Clara Goldmark, Mary Della Hopkins (1920)
"It is clear, therefore, that little time is lost at the factory by lateness, since even with the subtractions we have noted the actual time worked is only ..."

3. Co-operation at Home and Abroad: A Description and Analysis by Charles Ryle Fay (1908)
"SWITZERLAND : lateness of growth due to Efficiency of Old Methods. IRELAND : lateness of growth due to Backwardness of People—Reasons for Absence of (a) ..."

4. Co-operation at Home and Abroad: A Description and Analysis by Charles Ryle Fay (1908)
"SWITZERLAND : lateness of growth due to Efficiency of Old Methods. IRELAND : lateness of growth due to Backwardness of People—Reasons for Absence of (a) ..."

5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... and it is a compensation for the extreme lateness and comparative scantiness of Scottish literature that it was thus able to produce the latest, ..."

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