Usually means: Late or delayed in occurrence.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Belated:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. belated: Merriam-Webster
  2. belated: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. belated: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. belated: Collins English Dictionary
  5. belated: Vocabulary.com
  6. Belated, belated: Wordnik
  7. belated: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. belated: Wiktionary
  9. belated: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. belated: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. belated: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Belated, belated: Dictionary.com
  13. belated: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. belated: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Belated: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. belated: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. belated: Rhymezone
  18. Belated: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. belated: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. belated: FreeDictionary.org
  21. belated: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. belated: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. belated: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. belated: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (belated)

▸ adjective:  Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
▸ adjective:  Lacking education or sophistication.

Similar:
late, tardy, unpunctual, delayed, late to the party, deferred, postponed, lagging, afterling, after, more...

Opposite:
timely, punctual, prompt, on-time

Types:
tardy, late, delayed, punctual, more...

Phrases:
opposite of belated, more...


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Similar:
late, tardy, unpunctual, delayed, late to the party, deferred, postponed, lagging, afterling, after, more...

Opposite:
timely, punctual, prompt, on-time

Types:
tardy, late, delayed, punctual, more...

Phrases:
opposite of belated, more...



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