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lateness

UK/ˈleɪt.nɪs/

lateness noun: the state of being late.

Noun

lateness (usually uncountable, plural latenesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being late.
    • His chronic lateness will cost him a promotion if not his job.
    • A 40 m.p.h. slack at West Ruislip, quickly followed by a 30 m.p.h. slack at Gerrards Cross, increased our lateness to four minutes at High Wycombe.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103

lateness meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Assamese

lateness in Urdu

دیر, تاخیر

lateness in Bengali

lateness, tardiness, slowness
দেরি deri, দেরেঙ্গ dereṅgô

lateness in Malayalam

lateness
താമസം tāmasaṁ

lateness in Assamese

lateness, tardiness, slowness
দেৰি derī

Examples of lateness in a sentence

  • Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.
  • His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour.
  • He was put on notice about lateness.

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Synonyms of lateness

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of lateness

Forms of lateness

plurallatenesses

Origin of lateness

From late + -ness.

Words formed from lateness

Words that rhyme with lateness

Questions about lateness

What does lateness mean?
Lateness means the state of being late.
What is lateness in Urdu?
Lateness in Urdu is دیر, تاخیر. See Lateness meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is lateness?
Lateness is a noun.
How do you pronounce lateness?
Lateness is pronounced /ˈleɪt.nɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of lateness?
The plural of lateness is latenesses.

Words near lateness in the dictionary

  1. latencies
  2. latency
  3. latency time
  4. latency times
  5. latened
  6. lateness
  7. latenesses
  8. latenight
  9. latening
  10. latens
  11. latensification

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lateness (page history and authors); lateness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দেরি (Bengali) (page history and authors); താമസം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); দেৰি (Assamese) (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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