belated

Contents

EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

belated

1. simple past tense and past participle of belate

AdjectiveEdit

belated ‎(comparative more belated, superlative most belated)

1. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

   Happy belated birthday!

   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport^[1]:

     England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.

SynonymsEdit

• tardy
• late
• overdue

Derived termsEdit

• belatedness

TranslationsEdit

later in relation to the proper time

• Bulgarian: закъснял (bg) ‎(zakǎsnjal), окъснял (bg) ‎(okǎsnjal)
• Czech: opožděný
• Dutch: verlaat (nl), laattijdig (nl)
• Estonian: hilinenud, hiline
• French: tardif (fr) m, tardive (fr) f
• Georgian: დაგვიანებული ‎(dagvianebuli)
• German: verspätet (de), säumig (de)
• Greek: καθυστερημένη (el) f ‎(kathysteriméni)
• Italian: tardivo (it)

• Japanese: 遅れた ‎(okureta), 遅ればせながら ‎(okurebasenagara)
• Norwegian: forsinket, på etterskudd
• Polish: opóźniony
• Portuguese: tardio (pt)
• Russian: запозда́лый (ru) ‎(zapozdályj)
• Spanish: tardío (es)
• Swedish: försenad (sv), senkommen

AnagramsEdit

• bleated