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One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name.
George Saintsbury

Meaning of "lateness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LATENESS

lateness  [ˈleɪtnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LATENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lateness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LATENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Late

Late may refer to: ▪ A deceased person or thing ▪ Late, a 2000 album by The 77s ▪ Late!, a pseudonym used by Dave Grohl on his Pocketwatch album ▪ Late, an underground rapper from Wolverhampton ▪ "Late", a song by Blue Angel ▪ Late, an uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Vavaʻu in the kingdom of Tonga ▪ "Late", a song by Kanye West from Late Registration...

Definition of lateness in the English dictionary

The first definition of lateness in the dictionary is the quality or state of occurring or arriving after the correct or expected time. Other definition of lateness is the quality or state of occurring, being scheduled for, or being at a relatively advanced time. Lateness is also the quality or state of being at an advanced time in the evening or at nightdespite the lateness of the hour despite it being late at night.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LATENESS


adroitness
əˈdrɔɪtnɪs
appropriateness
əˈprəʊprɪɪtnɪs
aquafitness
ˈækwəˌfɪtnɪs
brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
eyewitness
ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
forthrightness
ˈfɔːθraɪtnɪs
greatness
ˈɡreɪtnɪs
impoliteness
ˌɪmpəˈlaɪtnɪs
lightness
ˈlaɪtnɪs
politeness
pəˈlaɪtnɪs
rightness
ˈraɪtnɪs
sedateness
sɪˈdeɪtnɪs
slightness
ˈslaɪtnɪs
straightness
ˈstreɪtnɪs
tightness
ˈtaɪtnɪs
unfitness
ʌnˈfɪtnɪs
uprightness
ˈʌpˌraɪtnɪs
whiteness
ˈwaɪtnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LATENESS

lated
lateen
lateen sail
lateener
lateenrigged
lately
laten
latence
latency
latency period
latensification
latent
latent defect
latent heat
latent image
latent learning
latent period
latent time
latently
later

WORDS THAT END LIKE LATENESS

adhesiveness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
doneness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of lateness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LATENESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lateness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lateness

Translation of «lateness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

迟到
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tardanza
570 millions of speakers

English

lateness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विलंब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опоздание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atraso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিলম্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kelewatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verspätung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遅れること
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lateness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng chậm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lateness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Lateness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gecikme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritardo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spóźnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запізнення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întârzieri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθυστέρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

late
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lateness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lateness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LATENESS»

The term «lateness» is regularly used and occupies the 70.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LATENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lateness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lateness» 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 lateness

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QUOTES WITH «LATENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lateness.
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George Saintsbury
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATENESS»

Discover the use of lateness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lateness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lateness and Brahms : Music and Culture in the Twilight of ...
Lateness and Brahms takes up the fascinating, yet understudied problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna.
Margaret Notley Assistant Professor of Music History University of North Texas, 2006
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Never be Late Again: 7 Cures for the Punctually Challenged
Discusses and provides tips to prevent lateness and procrastination.
Diana DeLonzor, 2003
3
Voluntary Employee Withdrawal and Inattendance: A Current ...
causes for employee lateness assigned by the supervisor would tend to be employee controlled (i.e., avoidable), whereas attributions of the same behavior made by the employee would tend to be circumstance controlled (i.e., unavoidable).
Meni Koslowsky, Moshe Krausz, 2002
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Project Management in the Fast Lane: Applying the Theory of ...
It makes sense to combine these measurements to estimate the impact of task lateness. Suppose, whenever a task causes consumption of a buffer, we look at throughput times task lateness. For example, if slow completion of a task causes 5 ...
Robert C. Newbold, 1998
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Fundamentals of Production Logistics: Theory, Tools and ...
4.36 Increasing the Process Reliability by Controlling the Output Lateness' Mean and Variance In order to derive the Schedule Reliability Operating Curve, it is therefore as- sumed that there is no input lateness. The output lateness and thus  ...
Peter Nyhuis, Hans-Peter Wiendahl, 2008
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Edward Said: Criticism and Society
On the other hand, "Adorno [and apparently Beethoven before him] is, I think, prepared to endure ending in the [ontological] form of lateness but for itself, its own sake, not as a preparation for or obliteration of something else. Lateness is being ...
Abdirahman A. Hussein, 2004
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DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS
Lateness (Lj): Lateness is the amount of time by which the completion time of job j differs from the due date (Lj I Cj — all). It is a measure which gives an idea about conformity of the jobs in a schedule to a given set of due dates of the jobs.
R. PANNEERSELVAM, 2007
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Heuristic Scheduling Systems: With Applications to ...
Maximum lateness, weighted tardiness, and weighted number of tardy jobs are all very important objectives. There will also be increasing emphasis on JIT for both the producer shop and the customer shop, which makes early-tardy objectives ...
Thomas Morton, 1993
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Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems: ...
Results of our procedure compared with the practical solutions Construction work Result of procedure Practical solution of the DB Lateness vector: [2,4,23,30] Lateness of Type IC: 9 minutes Kirchhorsten Type IR: 22 minutes Type E/N: 3 1 ...
Hans-Otto Günther, Kap Hwan Kim, 2005
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How to Develop an Employee Handbook
Employees are expected to be at their work station and ready to work at the scheduled time. An employee's chronic lateness places an unfair burden on other employees in the department. Excessive lateness is defined as when an employee ...
Joseph W. R. Lawson

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lateness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stephanie Davis breaks silence following Hollyoaks sacking …
Following her departure a spokesman told the Mirror: "Stephanie's contract was terminated following warnings for lateness, attendance and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
The ultimate horror for public servants: judging Bronwyn Bishop
Yet a while ago Tony Abbott explained his lateness to a partyroom meeting by saying he had attended a function that morning to justify claiming ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
3
Horror for public servants: judging Bronwyn Bishop | Gympie Times
Yet a while ago Tony Abbott explained his lateness to a partyroom meeting by saying he had attended a function that morning to justify claiming ... «Gympie Times, Jul 15»
4
Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter is leaving the soap after seven years …
A spokeswoman said: "Stephanie's contract was terminated following warnings for lateness, attendance and after a final incident in which she ... «Reveal, Jul 15»
5
LEGION BASEBALL: Northampton pushes Yardley Western to …
Suspended after four innings due to extreme lateness on July 14 at the Kettle and resumed the day of the championship at Cairn University ... «Bucks Local News, Jul 15»
6
Stephanie Davis axed Hollyoaks drunk - Manchester Evening News
It came after previous warnings for lateness and attendance were given to party-loving Stephanie. Stephanie's agent Jonathan Arun said in a ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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5 Bad Habits That Are Killing Your Productivity - The Cheat Sheet
Chronic lateness. watch on man's wrist. Source: iStock. Everyone runs behind some times, but persistent tardiness – even when you're not the ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
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Top Annoying Office Habits - Business 2 Community
Lateness, smelly food and whining are office-workers most annoying habits. Office workers find colleague lateness to be the most annoying ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
9
Batman vs Superman Comic-Con Trailer Breakdown | moviepilot.com
Sorry for the lateness guys, but I've only just returned from Zambia, and I am trying to catch up on two weeks worth of nerd information, with ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
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Sugar beet crops actually benefitting from dry weather
“We'd originally, due to the lateness of seeding, expected a crop of about 25 metres tonnes per acres,” said Llewelyn-Jones. “We were at 28.5 ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»

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