belated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈleɪtɪd/

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Verb

belated

1. simple past and past participle of belate

Adjective

belated (comparative more belated, superlative most belated)

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

   Happy belated birthday!

   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.

2. Lacking education or sophistication.
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 27:

     The devil drives the world, whip in hand, — and oddly enough (considering that some belated folk still fancy there is a God somewhere) succeeds in managing his team with extraordinary ease!

Synonyms

• (late): tardy, late, overdue
• (lacking sophistication): uneducated, unsophisticated, benighted, backward

Derived terms

• belated happy birthday
• belatedly
• belatedness
• happy belated birthday
• unbelated

 

Translations

later in relation to the proper time

• Belarusian: запо́знены (zapóznjeny)
• Bulgarian: закъснял (bg) (zakǎsnjal), окъснял (bg) (okǎsnjal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晚到的, 迟来的

• Czech: opožděný
• Dutch: verlaat (nl), laattijdig (nl)
• Estonian: hilinenud, hiline
• French: tardif (fr)
• Galician: serodio (gl)
• Georgian: დაგვიანებული (dagvianebuli)
• German: verspätet (de), säumig (de)
• Greek: καθυστερημένη (el) f (kathysteriméni)
• Italian: tardivo (it)
• Japanese: 遅れた (okureta), 遅ればせながら (okurebasenagara)
• Norwegian: forsinket, på etterskudd
• Occitan: tardívol, tardiu (oc)
• Polish: opóźniony (pl)
• Portuguese: tardio (pt), atrasado (pt)
• Russian: запозда́лый (ru) (zapozdályj)
• Spanish: tardío (es)
• Swedish: försenad (sv), senkommen (sv)
• Turkish: geçmiş (tr)
• Ukrainian: запізні́лий (zapiznílyj)

Anagrams

• beadlet, bleated, debleat