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# lateness

«lateness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being late; arriving or happening after the right or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lateness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lateness is being late; arriving or happening after the right or expected time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#m1)

2) The fact that it is late in the day or night: because of the lateness of the hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: lateness is recorded in the register and may lead to a warning. In formal language: «Please excuse my lateness», «apologies for the lateness of this reply».

### examples

- Lateness is marked in the class register. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x1)
- The teacher spoke to Ben about his lateness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x2)
- Please excuse my lateness; the bus broke down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x3)
- Because of the lateness of the hour, we went straight to bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x4)
- The train company apologised for the lateness of the service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x5)
- Repeated lateness can mean missing important lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x6)
- The lateness of the hour was almost the biggest thing of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lateness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: late. Opposite: punctuality. Trap: «lately» does not mean «in a late way»; it means «recently».

### Trees and pragmatics

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