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Definitions

• Near the end of a period of time.
• Specifically, near the end of the day.
• (usually) Associated with the end of a period.
• Not arriving until after an expected time.
• Not having had an expected menstrual period.
• (not comparable) Deceased, dead: Often used with "m
• Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
• Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
• (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.