belated

English

Adjective

belated (comparative more belated, superlative most belated)

1. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

   Happy belated birthday!

Synonyms

• tardy
• late

Translations

later in relation to the proper time

Bulgarian: закъснял (bg), окъснял (bg) Czech: opožděný (cs) Dutch: verlaat (nl) Estonian: hilinenud (et), hiline (et) German: verspätet (de), säumig (de)

Italian: tardivo (it) Norwegian: forsinket (no), på etterskudd (no) Polish: opóźniony (pl) Portuguese: tardio (pt) Russian: запоздалый (ru)

Derived terms

• belatedness

Verb

belated

1. Simple past tense and past participle of belate.

Anagrams

• bleated