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be late

be late verb: to have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.

Verb

be late (third-person singular simple present is late, present participle being late, simple past was late, past participle been late)

  1. (colloquial) To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.

be late meaning in Hindi, Odia and Arabic

be late in Hindi

to be late, be delayed
देर करना der karnā

be late in Odia

to be late
ପଛାଇବା pachāibā

be late in Arabic

arrive late
تَأَخَّرَ taʔaḵḵara

Forms of be late

third-person singular presentis late
present participlebeing late
pastwas late
past participlebeen late

Questions about be late

What does be late mean?
Be late means to have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.
What is be late in Hindi?
Be late in Hindi is देर करना (der karnā). See Be late meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is be late?
Be late is a verb.
What is the past tense of be late?
The past tense of be late is was late.

Words near be late in the dictionary

  1. be it as it may
  2. be it so
  3. be it what it would
  4. be judge and jury
  5. be kind, rewind
  6. be late
  7. be left at the post
  8. be left holding the baby
  9. be left kicking
  10. be like
  11. be lost to the four winds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: be late (page history and authors); देर करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); ପଛାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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