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# belated

«belated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Coming or happening later than it should have** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (belated)

### meaning for a pupil

Coming or happening later than it should have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Most often in «belated birthday wishes» or «a belated thank-you» when you forgot or were late. In stories, a belated apology or realisation comes too late to help. Related adverb: belatedly.

### examples

- Happy belated birthday, Gran! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x1)
- I sent her a belated thank-you card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x2)
- He made a belated attempt to tidy his room before Mum came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x3)
- The team got a belated goal in the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x4)
- She belatedly realised she had left her lunch at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x5)
- Sorry for the belated reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x6)
- Past such dangerous spots as these the belated villager will speed with timorous steps, remembering, perhaps, some such uncanny tale as that which comes next. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/#x7)

### note

Not used for people: a belated card, not «a belated boy» (say «a late boy»). Adverb: belatedly. Similar: late, overdue.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «belated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.