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overlate

overlate adjective: too late; exceedingly late.

Adjective

overlate (comparative more overlate, superlative most overlate)

  1. Too late; exceedingly late.

Adverb

overlate (comparative more overlate, superlative most overlate)

  1. Excessively late

Forms of overlate

Adjective
comparativemore overlate
superlativemost overlate
Adverb
comparativemore overlate
superlativemost overlate

Origin of overlate

From over- + late.

Questions about overlate

What does overlate mean?
Overlate means too late; exceedingly late.
What part of speech is overlate?
Overlate can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near overlate in the dictionary

  1. overlash
  2. overlashed
  3. overlashes
  4. overlashing
  5. overlashings
  6. overlate
  7. overlaud
  8. overlaudation
  9. overlaudatory
  10. overlauded
  11. overlauding

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