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belated
[ bih-ley-tid ]
adjective
- coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time:
belated birthday greetings.
- late, delayed, or detained:
We started the meeting without the belated representative.
- Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date:
a belated view of world politics.
- Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.
belated
/ ɪˈɪɪ /
adjective
- late or too late
belated greetings
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԱ, noun
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··· adverb
- ···Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The latter on Monday shared pictures from a belated birthday dinner and celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with photos of his children.
Then came the forging of lifelong friendships, belated Hall of Fame recognition - and a victory shield that vanished.
Many of these songs owe their belated success to TikTok, and tracks that take off "evoke some kind of emotional response" in the listener, the platform's UK head of music partnerships Toyin Mustapha believes.
They ultimately built a belated but “beautiful relationship,” Ruffin said, telling me his father carried a briefcase that contained a copy of my story about his son the social worker.
But Andy Burrows, head of the Molly Rose Foundation, called the announcement "a belated, reactive and completely unsatisfactory response" which he said "seems like a sticking plaster fix to their fundamental safety issues".
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