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On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner.
Ridley Scott

Meaning of "late hours" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LATE HOURS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LATE HOURS

late
late developer
Late Greek
late in the day
Late Latin
late riser
late trading
late-night
late-night shopping
late-type star
late-wake
latecomer
lated
lateen
lateen sail
lateener
lateenrigged
lately
laten
latence

WORDS THAT END LIKE LATE HOURS

after-hours
banking hours
book of hours
business hours
consulting hours
daylight hours
hours
little hours
office hours
opening hours
ours
peak hours
school hours
shopping hours
small hours
the small hours
till all hours
twenty-four hours
twilight hours
visiting hours
waking hours

Synonyms and antonyms of late hours in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «late hours» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATE HOURS

Find out the translation of late hours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of late hours from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «late hours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深夜时分
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horas de retraso
570 millions of speakers

English

late hours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देर रात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساعات متأخرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поздние часы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horas de atraso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেরী ঘন্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fin des heures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam lewat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

späten Stunden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

夜更かし
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

늦은 시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam pungkasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giờ cuối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாமதமாக மணி நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उशीराचे तास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geç saatler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ore tarde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

późnych godzin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пізні години
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la ore târzii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αργά το βράδυ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laat ure
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sena timmar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sene timer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of late hours

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LATE HOURS»

The term «late hours» is regularly used and occupies the 100.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LATE HOURS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «late hours» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «late hours» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about late hours

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QUOTES WITH «LATE HOURS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word late hours.
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Ridley Scott
On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATE HOURS»

Discover the use of late hours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to late hours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Tim O'Brien, 2009
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The South African Magazine: A Contribution to Colonial ...
It is to these late hours that the merchant, the shopkeeper, and the tradesman are indebted for the newspapers which they read at leisure at their breakfast tables. Late hours in the study ! How much does not the world owe to these late hours.
‎1867
3
A Dictionary of American Proverbs
(c) Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. (d) Better three hours too soon than one minute too late. Rec. dist.: N.Y., Ohio, Ont., Utah, Wis. 10. Late hours are bad for one, but they're all right for two. Rec. dist.: Wis. 11. Let the last hour ...
Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder, 1992
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
I hope that this inquiry will do good. I remember how I used to be kept up myself, sometimes almost asleep. I should be glad if an Act of Parliament could diminish late hours in the business. It would also be a great benefit, if persons had time to  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1864
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Scottish Women: A Documentary History, 1780-1914
A general feeling exists among the workers that the late hours are a hardship: question raised by Miss Paterson whether enforcement of more regular hours would reduce wages. To some the hard and irregular work is compensated for, ...
Esther Breitenbach, Linda Fleming, Karly Kehoe, 2013
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Relative to public house licences
Yes; one night we found dieeabntof late that has been a ver good house, every time we haveheen there; then there is the lldnave of Clubs, which was a very dim. derly house in point ofkeeping open to late hours, till one orvjtiyo in the morning,  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on the State of the Police of the Metropolis, 1817
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The Consumption Reader
As the years passed. these times were pushed back further and further.4 'The present folly is late hours'. remarked Horace Walpole in 1777. 'Everybody tries to be particular by being too late. and as everybody tries it. nobody is so. lt is the ...
David B. Clarke, Marcus A. Doel, Kate M. L. Housiaux, 2003
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FIRST REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE On the State of Police of ...
No gambling with dicer — Yes; one night we found dice, but of late that has been a very good house, every time we have been there ; then there is the Knave of Clubs, which was a very disorderly house in point of keeping open to late hours,  ...
‎1817
9
ABA Journal
Karen Wong and Ed Feo of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mc- Cloy's Los Angeles office work in the international arena, often putting in late hours from their homes or other venues outside of the office. Wong says her late hours even affect her ...
10
Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises
Consider the following statements: Almost everyone at this hospital works late hours; for example, the nurses, nursing aides and anesthesiologists. At this hospital, almost everyone, like nurses, nursing aides and anesthesiologists, works late ...
James Nolan, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATE HOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term late hours is used in the context of the following news items.
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6pm-3am deadly hours on roads, highways - The Times of India
... not use footbridges to cross highways or busy roads. As for vehicles, drivers don't think of stopping during late hours even if the signal is red. «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
41 kids stranded as hostel in Rajgarh district inundated | Bhopal …
Summary: Soon after the reports, district administration launched rescue works late hours, but the students were stranded till late night hours. «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
3
Terry Dickson: Early start to the school year actually makes sense …
We don't want students struggling through tests addled by figgy pudding, egg nog and late hours playing a video game found under the ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
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Woman injured by 'booby traps' dug on land - Grafton Daily Examiner
Mrs Wood said she thought it could have been someone protecting the space of land from partiers who use the land into the late hours. «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
5
Jonathan Ferrell was just starting his life in Charlotte | The Charlotte …
But during high school and even college, their fun had limits: no drinking or smoking, little clubbing, no late hours in cars or on street corners. «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
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Listen to Nashville's Spotify playlist | Nashville Sun Times
i called jake once when i was having a panic attack, and he helped me a lot. he started talking to me less but he would call me at really late hours of the night ... «Nashville Sun Times, Jul 15»
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Vishnu Garden building collapse: Another body recov.. - ANI
The incident took place in the late hours on Saturday and the injured were rushed to the nearby hospital. Several people are still suspected to be trapped in the ... «ANINEWS, Jul 15»
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Returning from Ramadan holiday drivers cause a big vehicle queue …
Holidaymakers, who took the road in the late hours of the night, have reached to Çanakkale to pass the European continent from Anatolia. «Cihan News Agency, Jul 15»
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School board president: Working through early morning not unusual …
Top Poughkeepsie City School District officials routinely work late hours that can stretch into the early morning, according to Board of Education ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
10
Case registered - The Hindu
The police said that further inquires are under way. No arrests were made till the late hours of Saturday. Post Comment. More In: Coimbatore ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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