The train arrived twenty minutes late.
火车晚点了二十分钟。
Choose the best synonym for the word “late”:
C — overdue. “late” means adj. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time
He was ______ for school because the old bus had broken down.
C — late. “late” means adj. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time
late — adj. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time. In Chinese: 迟到的.
late is pronounced /leɪt/. It breaks into 1 syllable: late.
The train arrived twenty minutes late. (火车晚点了二十分钟。)
delayed, tardy, overdue — all close in meaning to late (adj. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time).
Yes. late appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.