noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being tardy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tardiness
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being tardy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: punctuality
Broader terms: timing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tardy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tardiness From tardy + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: закъснение (zakǎsnenie) — the state of being late
- German: Unpünktlichkeit — the state of being late
- German: Verspätung — the state of being late
- Hindi: शिथिलता (śithiltā) — the state of being late
- Icelandic: seinkun — the state of being late
- Latin: tarditās — the state of being late
- Māori: tūreititanga — the state of being late
- Spanish: tardanza — the state of being late
- Spanish: sorna — the state of being late
- Spanish: morosidad — the state of being late