Associations to the word «Belated»

Wiktionary

BELATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of belate
BELATED, adjective. Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

Dictionary definition

BELATED, adjective. After the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin