lateness

/ˈleɪtnəs/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈleɪtnəs/

lateness

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

la - te - ness -> lateness

Myanmar meaning

(n) နောက်ကျမှု။

Full entry

late / leÇt / adj (-r, -st )

၁။ နောက်ကျ [သော]။
My flight was an hour late. ❍ Because of the cold weather the crops are late this year. ❍ It's never too late to stop smoking. ❍ a late riser (ie sb who gets out of bed late in the morning). Compare EARLY adj ၁
၂။ (ကာလတစ်ရပ်၏) နောက်ပိုင်း။ (ညနေ) စောင်း။ (နွေ) နှောင်း။ in the late afternoon ❍ What are you doing up at this late hour? ❍ in late summer ❍ She married in her late twenties (eg when she was 28 or 29). ❍ the late nineteenth century ❍ a late Victorian house ❍ late night buses / movies/ shopping. Compare EARLY adj ၂
၃။ နောက်ဆုံးပေါ်။ နောက်ဆုံး။ the latest craze / fashion / trend ❍ her latest novel ❍ the latest developments / discoveries ❍ Have you heard the latest news? ❍ Here is a late news flash.
၄။ ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့ပြီးသော။ her late husband.
adv
၁။ အချိန်လွန်မှ။ နောက်ကျမှ။ အရွယ်လွန်မှ။ အခါနှောင်းမှ။ get up / go to bed / arrive home late ❍ I sat (ie stayed) up late last night. ❍ She married late. Compare EARLY adv ၁
၂။ (အချိန်ကာလ) နှောင်းပိုင်းတွင်၊ နှောင်းသည်အထိ၊ နောက်ပိုင်း။ အသက်(ကြီးမှ)။ It happened late last century — in 1895, to be exact. ❍ As late as the 1950s, tuberculosis was still a fatal illness. ❍ He became an author quite late in life (ie when he was quite old). Compare EARLY adv ၂
❏ at the latest [IDM ] နောက်အကျဆုံး။ Applications should be in by 31 October at the latest. ❍ Be there by 6.30 at the latest.
❏ late in the day [IDM ] အချိန်နှောင်းခဲ့ပြီ၊ လွန်ခဲ့ပြီ။ နောက်ကျသွားပြီ။ It’s rather late in the day to say you’re sorry—the harm's done now.
❏ lateness / 'leÇtnǝs / n [U] နောက်ကျမှု။ They apologized for the lateness of the train. ❍ He was surprised at the lateness of the hour. ဒီလောက် မိုးချုပ်သွားတာကို သူတအံ့တဩဖြစ်မိတယ်။
❏ late of… [IDM ] (fml ) …တွင်မကြာသေးမီ အချိန်အထိ နေထိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်ခဲ့သော။ Professor Williams, late of Oxford University.
❏ of late [IDM ] ခုတစ်လော။ I haven't seen him of late.
❏ later (also later on ) adv နောင်သောအခါ။ နောင်ကျ တော့။ နောက်တော့။ I'll see you later on this afternoon. ❍ We met again some time later. ❍ Some of them were later to become her friends.

More examples

She phoned to say she’d be late.
[late for] : He was ten minutes late for school.
[too late] : We climbed the hill to watch the sunset, but we were too late.
There is a penalty for late registration.
[late with] : They’re always late with their payments.
We got caught in a late meeting and almost missed the start of the film.
The late 18th century
These bulbs bloom in late spring.
A girl in her late teens
If it weren’t so late I would give Donna a call.
The symphony is a late work.
A late Picasso
A late news development
My late aunt

Synonyms

not on time, behind schedule, behind, belatedly, advanced, after dark, asleep, at dark, at night, at the end, at the last minute, backward, behind time, behindhand, belated, blown, bygone, cold, dawn, dead, dear departed, deceased, deferred, defunct, delayed, departed, dilatorily, dilatory, eleventh-hour, erstwhile, evening, ex-, exanimate, extinct, finally, former, fresh, gone, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the dead of night, in the evening, in the lurch, in the nick of time, in the small hours, in the wee hours, inanimate, jammed, just out, lagging, last-ditch, last-minute, late lamented, late on, late-night, lately, later, latterly, lifeless, missed the boat, modern, much lamented, new, nighttime, of late, old, once, onetime, out of luck, overdue, past, postponed, preceding, previous, put off, quondam, recent, recently, remiss, slow, slowly, sometime, stayed, strapped, tardily, tardy, too late, twilight, unpunctual, unpunctually, until recently

Antonyms

antique, current, early, future, live, living, old, old-fashioned, on time, present, prompt, punctual, punctually