belated
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belated
- /bɪˈleɪtɪd/ UK
- /bəˈleɪtɪd/ US
- /bi-/ US
- [-ɾɪd] US
Rhymes with -eɪtɪd
Where it comes from
From belate (verb) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).
adjective more belated · most belated
- Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”). […] Faerie Elves, / VVhoſe midnight Revels, by a Forreſt ſide / Or Fountain ſome belated Peaſant ſees, / Or dreams he ſees, […]
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Later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed beyond the proper time.
A belated happy birthday to you!
Similar: lated, tardive, tardy, late, backward, behindhand, belated, overdue · Opposite: unbelated
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Slow to learn or to adopt a trend; hence, lacking education or sophistication; benighted, unenlightened, unsophisticated.
The devil drives the world, whip in hand,—and oddly enough (considering that some belated folk still fancy there is a God somewhere) succeeds in managing his team with extraordinary ease!
Similar: backward, uneducated, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate, innocent, lack-learning, lay
verb
- simple past and past participle of belate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tardy, late, unpunctual, overdue, delayed, untimely, backward, ex-post, late-night, afternoon, detained, deferred, postponed, later, lagging, afterling
Translations
Every language
adj later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened
| Español | serondo, tardío |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 때늦다 ttaeneutda |
| 日本語 | 遅ればせながら okurebasenagara, 遅れた okureta |
| 中文 | 遲來的 /迟来的 chíláide, 晚到的 wǎndàode |
| Português | atrasado, tardio |
| Français | tardif |
| Deutsch | nachträglich, säumig, verspätet |
| Italiano | tardivo |
| Ελληνικά | καθυστερημένη kathysteriméni |
| Русский | по́здненький pózdnenʹkij, позднова́тый pozdnovátyj, запозда́лый zapozdályj |
| Tiếng Việt | muộn màng |
| עברית | רָחוֹק rakhók, מְאֻחָר m'ukhár |
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title = {belated},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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