adj

• (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
  "Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin."
• (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
  "Her late husband had left her well provided for."
• (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

noun

• (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
  "At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual."

noun

• (pathology) Acronym of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a form of dementia.
  "We describe a recently recognized disease entity, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE). LATE neuropathological change (LATE-NC) is defined by a stereotypical TDP-43 proteinopathy in older adults, with or without coexisting hippocampal sclerosis pathology."