Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticIn the recent past; recently; lately.
I have not visited them of late, but I hear they are doing well.
1 more example
Has anyone else read what Lady Whistledown has written of late?
2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Eloise Bridgerton
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 近來 /近来, 最近
- 近來 /近来 (jìnlái)recently
- 最近 (zuìjìn)recently
Czech nedávno
- nedávnorecently
Dutch de laatste tijd
- de laatste tijdrecently
Finnish hiljattain, äskettäin
- hiljattainrecently
- äskettäinrecently
- viime aikoinarecently
French récemment
- récemmentrecently
German in letzter Zeit
- in letzter Zeitrecently
Hungarian az utóbbi időben, mostanában
- az utóbbi időbenrecently
- mostanábanrecently
Irish le déanaí
- le déanaírecently
Italian di recente
- di recenterecently
Japanese このごろ, 最近
- このごろ (konogoro)recently
- 最近 (saikin)recently
Latin lātius
- lātiusrecently
Portuguese recentemente
- recentementerecently
Russian в после́днее вре́мя, неда́вно
- в после́днее вре́мя (v poslédneje vrémja)recently
- неда́вно (nedávno)recently
Spanish últimamente, recientemente
- últimamenterecently
- recientementerecently
Swedish på sistone, nyligen
- på sistonerecently
- nyligenrecently
Thai ช่วงนี้
- ช่วงนี้recently
Ukrainian оста́ннім ча́сом
- оста́ннім ча́сом (ostánnim čásom)recently
Cite this entry
APA
of late. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20late
MLA
“of late.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20late. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “of late,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20late.
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