late

/leɪt/

意味: 遅れた、故〜

例文: June arrived late but brought cookies.
　　  ジューンは遅れてきたがクッキーを持ってきた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: late arrival(遅刻), late payment(遅延支払い), late night(深夜)

定義: 予定の時間より遅れていることを指します。例えば、会議や約束の時間に間に合わない場合に使います。また、夜遅くの時間帯を指すこともあります。時間に関して「遅い」という意味で使われます。

lateは約5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Adjective: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
Adjective: after the expected or usual time; delayed
Adjective: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
Adjective: having died recently
Adjective: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
Adjective: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
Adjective: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
Adverb: later than usual or than expected
Adverb: to an advanced time
Adverb: at an advanced age or stage
Adverb: in the recent past

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I am late for the meeting today.(今日は会議に遅れました。)
She arrived late but still joined us.(彼女は遅れて到着しましたが、参加しました。)
The late train caused many delays.(遅れた電車が多くの遅延を引き起こしました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Adjective: late evening
Adjective: late 18th century
Adjective: a late movie
Adjective: took a late flight
Adjective: had a late breakfast
Adjective: a belated birthday card
Adjective: I’m late for the plane
Adjective: the train is late
Adjective: tardy children are sent to the principal
Adjective: always tardy in making dental appointments
Adjective: a late development
Adjective: their late quarrel
Adjective: his recent trip to Africa
Adjective: in recent months
Adjective: a recent issue of the journal
Adjective: her late husband
Adjective: Late Greek
Adjective: the late phase of feudalism
Adjective: a later symptom of the disease
Adjective: later medical science could have saved the child
Adjective: the former president
Adjective: our late President is still very active
Adjective: the previous occupant of the White House
Adverb: the train arrived late
Adverb: we awoke late
Adverb: the children came late to school
Adverb: notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline
Adverb: I belatedly wished her a happy birthday
Adverb: deep into the night
Adverb: talked late into the evening
Adverb: she married late
Adverb: undertook the project late in her career
Adverb: he was in Paris recently
Adverb: lately the rules have been enforced
Adverb: as late as yesterday she was fine
Adverb: feeling better of late
Adverb: the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): belated, belatedly, deep, former, late, lately, later, latterly, of late, previous, recent, recently, tardily, tardy

Antonyms(反意語): early, middle

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語):

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの):

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: lateness, recency, recentness, tardiness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative, sadness