How to pronounce“belated”in English
has ever exercised the democracy and investing all of all of which are investing very much heavily in nuclear Arsenal so it's significant but uh
belated action so you've made very clear that the main driver for this military buildup is the perceived threat from China also North Korea
um but doesn't this military build up by a traditionally pacifist Japan actually
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Definitions of “belated”
Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
“[…] Faerie Elves, / VVhoſe midnight Revels, by a Forreſt ſide / Or Fountain ſome belated Peaſant ſees, / Or dreams he ſees, […]”
Later in relation to the proper time which something should have happened; specifically, delayed beyond the proper time.
“A belated happy birthday to you!”
simple past and past participle of belate.
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