Belated Meaning
/bɪˈleɪtɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past and past participle of belate
adjLater in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
"Happy belated birthday!"
"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."— 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
adjLacking education or sophistication.
"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!"— 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 27:
Sentence Examples
I wonder if she'll accept a belated birthday present.
Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She sent a ____ birthday card a week after his actual birthday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He sent a ____ birthday card because he forgot the actual date city.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She sent a ____ birthday card a week after his actual birthday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He sent a ____ birthday card because he forgot the actual date city.