doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time
his late arrival
she was half an hour late for her lunch appointment
belonging or taking place far on in a particular period
they won the game with a late goal
an elegantly dressed woman in her late fifties
after the expected, proper, or usual time
she arrived late
far on in time; towards the end of a period
it happened late in 1994
formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution
Mrs Halford, late of the County Records Office