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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Late \Late\ (l[=a]t), adjective [Compar. {Later} (l[=a]t"[~e]r), or {latter} (l[a^]t"t[~e]r); superl. {Latest} (l[=a]t"[e^]st) or {Last} (l[.a]st).] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ae]t; akin to OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]
1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
latest
adjective
1: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries" [syn: {up-to-the-minute}]
2: in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique" [syn: {last}, {newest}, {up-to-date}, {cutting-edge}, {with-it}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "latest": actual, as is, being, closing, concluding, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, eventual, existent, existing, extant, farthest out, fashionable, final, fresh, hindmost, immanent, immediate, in, instant, lag, last, latter, modern, most recent, new, newest, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, rearmost, running, terminal, that be, that is, topical, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute
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