Late and Next

Late

Late adverb - After the due, usual, or proper time.

Next and late are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Next" instead an adverb "Late".

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Next

Next adverb - At the time or occasion immediately following.

Late and next are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Late" instead an adverb "Next".

Both words in one sentence

  • Averted in the next movie, when Obi-Wan again sneaks around but happens upon the separatists just too late to hear Grievous telling the others where they will be hiding next.
  • Music / Finch For the next year and a half the band would remain off the radar, until their reunion in late 2007, which was met by the release of their self-titled EP the following year.
    Source: Music / Finch
  • Late for School: After Namsoon and Heungsoo mend their friendship, they go back to having sleepovers and they are shown scrambling the next morning and being late for school.
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