belated

English

Verb

belated

1. simple past tense and past participle of belate

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• tardy
• late
• overdue

Derived terms

• belatedness

Translations

later in relation to the proper time

• Bulgarian: закъснял (bg) (zakǎsnjal), окъснял (bg) (okǎsnjal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晚到的, 迟来的

• Czech: opožděný
• Dutch: verlaat (nl), laattijdig (nl)
• Estonian: hilinenud, hiline
• French: tardif (fr)
• Galician: serodio (gl)
• Georgian: დაგვიანებული (dagvianebuli)
• German: verspätet (de), säumig (de)
• Greek: καθυστερημένη (el) f (kathysteriméni)

• Interlingue: retardat
• Italian: tardivo (it)
• Japanese: 遅れた (okureta), 遅ればせながら (okurebasenagara)
• Norwegian: forsinket, på etterskudd
• Occitan: tardívol, tardiu (oc)
• Polish: opóźniony
• Portuguese: tardio (pt), atrasado (pt)
• Russian: запозда́лый (ru) (zapozdályj)
• Spanish: tardío (es)
• Swedish: försenad (sv), senkommen

Anagrams

• beadlet, bleated, debleat