late vs early
Definitions
adjective
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
- having died recently
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
adverb
- later than usual or than expected
- to an advanced time
- at an advanced age or stage
- in the recent past
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth.
To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining.
Definitions
adjective
- very young
- being or occurring at an early stage of development
- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
- belonging to the distant past
- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
adverb
- before the usual time or the time expected
- during an early stage
- in good time
Examples
It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year?
Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees.
The opposite change occurs in what are termed fastigiate varieties, where the branches, in place of assuming more or less of a horizontal direction, become erect and nearly parallel with the main stem as in the
