latest

adjective a superl. of late with later as compar.

1. most recent; current: latest fashions.
2. last1.

noun

3. the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.: This is the latest in personal computers.

Idioms

4. at the latest, not any later than (a specified time): Be at the airport by 7 o’clock at the latest.

adjective, lat·er or lat·ter, lat·est or last.

1. occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
2. continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted: a late business meeting.
3. near or at the end of day or well into the night: a late hour.
4. belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent: a late news bulletin.
5. immediately preceding the present one; former: the late attorney general.
6. recently deceased: the late Mr. Phipps.
7. occurring at an advanced stage in life: a late marriage.
8. belonging to an advanced period or stage in the history or development of something: the late phase of feudalism.

adverb, lat·er, lat·est.

9. after the usual or proper time, or after delay: to arrive late.
10. until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night: to work late.
11. at or to an advanced time, period, or stage: The flowers keep their blossoms late in warm climates.
12. recently but no longer: a man late of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia.

Idioms

13. of late, lately; recently: The days have been getting warmer of late.

adjective, adverb

1. the superlative of late

adjective

2. most recent, modern, or newthe latest fashions

noun

3. at the latest no later than the time specified
4. the latest informal the most recent fashion or development

adjective

1. occurring or arriving after the correct or expected timethe train was late
2. (prenominal) occurring, scheduled for, or being at a relatively advanced timea late marriage
3. (prenominal) towards or near the endthe late evening
4. at an advanced time in the evening or at nightit was late
5. (prenominal) occurring or being just previous to the present timehis late remarks on industry
6. (prenominal) having died, esp recentlymy late grandfather
7. (prenominal) just preceding the present or existing person or thing; formerthe late manager of this firm
8. of late recently; lately

adverb

9. after the correct or expected timehe arrived late
10. at a relatively advanced ageshe married late
11. recently; latelyas late as yesterday he was selling books
12. late hours rising and going to bed later than is usual
13. late in the day
    1. at a late or advanced stage
    2. too late

adj.superlative of late. The latest “the news” attested from 1886. adj.Old English læt “occurring after the customary or expected time,” originally “slow, sluggish,” from Proto-Germanic *lata- (cf. Old Norse latr “sluggish, lazy,” Middle Dutch, Old Saxon lat, German laß “idle, weary,” Gothic lats “weary, sluggish, lazy,” latjan “to hinder”), from PIE *led- “slow, weary” (cf. Latin lassus “faint, weary, languid, exhausted,” Greek ledein “to be weary”), from root *le- “to let go, slacken” (see let (v.)). The sense of “deceased” (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adverbial sense of “recently.” Of women’s menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lateness. As an adverb, from Old English late. In addition to the idioms beginning with late

late in life

late in the day

also see:

at the latest

better late than never

Johnny-come-lately

keep late hours

of late

the latest

too little, too late

Also see underlater.