Being late is like when you have a favorite TV show that starts at 7:00 PM, but you turn on the TV at 7:15 PM. You’ve missed the beginning part, and now you have to catch up on what happened. It’s like the show has already started without you.
Imagine you are having a race with your friends. Everyone starts running when the whistle blows, but if you start running after the whistle, you are late. Your friends are already ahead because they started on time. Being late means you are not where you are supposed to be at the right time.
Think about when you are waiting for a bus. If the bus is supposed to come at 8:00 AM and it arrives at 8:10 AM, the bus is late. You had to wait longer than expected. Being late means something or someone is not on time, and you have to wait or hurry to catch up.
When your mom calls you for dinner and you come after everyone has already started eating, you are late. It means you missed the beginning of the meal and now you have to catch up with everyone else who started eating on time.