| late | (adjective) being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time | - |
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| (adjective) of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages | - |
| (adjective) at or toward an end or late period or stage of development | Synonyms: later |
| (adjective) having died recently | - |
| (adjective) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time | Synonyms: recent |
| (adjective) after the expected or usual time; delayed | Synonyms: belated, tardy |
| (adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: former, previous |
| lateen | (adjective) rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail | Synonyms: lateen-rigged |
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| latent | (adjective) (pathology) not presently active | - |
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| (adjective) potentially existing but not presently evident or realized | - |
| later | (adjective) at or toward an end or late period or stage of development | Synonyms: late |
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| (adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: posterior, ulterior |
| lateral | (adjective) lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body | - |
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| (adjective) situated at or extending to the side | Synonyms: sidelong |
| latest | (adjective) up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date | Synonyms: up-to-the-minute |
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| (adjective) in the current fashion or style | Synonyms: a la mode, in style, in vogue, modish |
| lathery | (adjective) resembling lather or covered with lather | Synonyms: sudsy |
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| latinate | (adjective) derived from or imitative of Latin | - |
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| latish | (adjective) somewhat late | - |
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| latitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to latitudes north or south | - |
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| latitudinarian | (adjective) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) | Synonyms: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical |
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| latter | (adjective) referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several) | - |
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| latticed | (adjective) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | Synonyms: fretted, interlaced, latticelike |
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| latticelike | (adjective) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | Synonyms: fretted, interlaced, latticed |
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