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Meanings of belated in English

Occurring after the expected or usual time.

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Usage of belated in English
1
A belated happy new year to all our Irish Times Abroad readers.
The Irish Times
2
Job and cost cuts are a belated attempt to address this problem.
Reuters
3
Amnesty International welcomed the vote as a belated chance to deliver justice.
The Guardian
4
It is a welcome, though regrettably belated, development in the Syrian crisis.
The Irish Times
5
The belated traveller was Reynard; and another had stepped in before him.
A Group of Noble Dames
6
We could not doubt that justice, if belated, had come at last.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
7
Out in the garden, the Piper was attending to his belated planting.
A Spinner in the Sun
8
Harriet passed the door on her way in to a belated supper.
K
9
A belated place in the top 10 now seems close to certain.
The Irish Times
10
It brought a belated reward when his attacking colleagues conjured three goals.
The Guardian
11
The cry of a belated newsboy floated through the open front door.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
12
A belated lemon afterglow lingered at the edge of the sky ahead.
The Lighted Match
13
Next, up comes his belated inclusion in the Republic of Ireland squad.
The Irish Times
14
Looked at through the field-glasses, it proved to be the belated courier.
Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Bu...
15
One belated vessel, still waiting to finish loading, lay in the harbour.
Labrador Days / Tales of the Sea Toilers
16
Before it was quite over, a belated cowboy galloped in from town.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
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Belated through the time
Belated across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common