latest

latest
    adj 1: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-
           date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest
           scientific discoveries" [syn: {up-to-the-minute},
           {latest}]
    2: in the current fashion or style [syn: {latest}, {a la
       mode(p)}, {in style(p)}, {in vogue(p)}, {modish}]
    n 1: the most recent news or development; "have you heard the
         latest?"
    

Late \Late\ (l[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Later} (l[=a]t"[~e]r), or
   {latter} (l[a^]t"t[~e]r); superl. {Latest} (l[=a]t"[e^]st) or
   {Last} (l[.a]st).] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ae]t; akin to
   OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel.
   latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See
   {Let} to permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]
   1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or
      proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
      late spring.
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   2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of
      the day; a late period of life.
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   3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not
      now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office;
      as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
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   4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the
      late rains; we have received late intelligence.
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   5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;
      as, late revels; a late watcher.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "latest":
      actual, as is, being, closing, concluding, contemporaneous,
      contemporary, current, eventual, existent, existing, extant,
      farthest out, fashionable, final, fresh, hindmost, immanent,
      immediate, in, instant, lag, last, latter, modern, most recent,
      new, newest, present, present-age, present-day, present-time,
      rearmost, running, terminal, that be, that is, topical, up-to-date,
      up-to-the-minute