Late

1. a. Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
2. v. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
3. v. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
4. v. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
5. v. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
6. v. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
7. a. After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; — opposed to early.
8. a. Not long ago; lately.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.