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How to spell late
Late is spelled L-A-T-E.
What it means: Not on time or delayed.
In a sentence: I was late for the school bus today.
Same family: lately, lateness, latest, later, belated. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Late” comes from Old English “lǣt,” meaning ‘slow’ or ‘coming after the usual time.’ Over centuries, English speakers also began using it to mean ‘in the recent past,’ as in “late last year.”
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