HTTP/2 200
date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 03:44:05 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-security-policy-report-only: default-src 'self';img-src 'self' data: https://flickr.com https://*.flickr.com https://s.gravatar.com https://s.gravatar.com/avatar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar https://i1.wp.com/cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://g.stripe.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/ https://farm66.static.flickr.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://tpc.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.amazon-adsystem.com https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://*.3lift.com https://ams-pageview-public.s3.amazonaws.com https://www.google.com https://syndication.twitter.com https://image8.pubmatic.com https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.googleusercontent.com;base-uri 'self';font-src 'self' https: data:;frame-ancestors 'self';frame-src https://js.stripe.com https://platform.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://www.google.com/ https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/;connect-src 'self' https: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ppub_config https://bam.nr-data.net/events/1/cb925c8058;object-src none;script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' report-sample https://js.stripe.com/v3/ https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.4.1.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validate.js/0.13.1/validate.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.5.0/list.min.js https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js https://www.googletagmanager.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js https://js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-spa-1184.min.js https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://bam.nr-data.net https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googletagservices.com https://adservice.google.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tether/1.4.0/js/tether.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clipboard@2.0.8/dist/clipboard.min.js https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/howler/2.1.1/howler.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validator/10.9.0/validator.min.js https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.googlesyndication.com/ https://platform.twitter.com/js/ https://cdn.ampproject.org https://www.google-analytics.com https://adservice.google.be https://adservice.google.ca https://adservice.google.co.id https://adservice.google.co.mz https://adservice.google.co.th https://adservice.google.co.uk https://adservice.google.co.za https://adservice.google.com.au https://adservice.google.com.ec https://adservice.google.com.hk https://adservice.google.com.ng https://adservice.google.com.np https://adservice.google.com.ph https://adservice.google.com.sa https://adservice.google.de https://adservice.google.es https://adservice.google.fi https://adservice.google.fr https://adservice.google.ie https://adservice.google.it https://adservice.google.lk https://adservice.google.lt https://adservice.google.nl https://adservice.google.no https://adservice.google.rs https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net;script-src-attr none;style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline' report-sample;report-uri https://5f9d927665d1a16209ba908c.endpoint.csper.io
x-dns-prefetch-control: off
expect-ct: max-age=0
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-security: max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains
x-download-options: noopen
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policies: none
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin
x-xss-protection: 0
etag: W/"14a16-NBy8ymgGA93WAKMSml1VpcEzXbE"
set-cookie: cookienik=eyJjc3JmU2VjcmV0IjoiTWp1RlBTYW9oNFR6bER5WDZpTzB4eGlaIn0=; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:44:05 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
set-cookie: cookienik.sig=e6pFMAukyLvKtPNemsTT_TIVi-4; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:44:05 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
vary: Accept-Encoding
content-encoding: gzip
belate - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
To retard; make late; benight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To retard or make too late.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb transitive To retard ; cause something to be late ; delay ; benight .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From be- + late .
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word belate .
Examples
Double the predicted time and the project will still belate .
The Volokh Conspiracy » Your Lawyer’s Wrong: 2010
“Come,” called the old man, “come now or you will belate .”
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
Double the predicted time and the project will still belate .
The Volokh Conspiracy » Your Lawyer’s Wrong: 2010
Double the predicted time and the project will still belate .
The Volokh Conspiracy » Your Lawyer’s Wrong: 2010
Double the predicted time and the project will still belate .
The Volokh Conspiracy » Your Lawyer’s Wrong: 2010
“Come,” called the old man, “come now or you will belate .”
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
His check from the American Enterprise Institute must belate this month.
Shorter Andrew Klavan: "I'm a Dick" « Lean Left 2008
The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
The Woman's Era, Vol. 1, No. 5 1894
The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
Great Suffering Still Exists in the Sea Islands. 1894
The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
The Woman's Era, Vol. 1 1894
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.