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1. • • Said or written to a person after his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.
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   What does happy belated birthday mean?

   • In a similar way, "Happy belated birthday" simply means "I know this greeting is late, but I hope you had a happy birthday." I wouldn't read too much into the ordering of the words. Personally, I've used both versions. Nevertheless:

   "Belated happy birthday" or "happy belated birthday"?

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   What does well belated mean?

   • Well belated means behind date or late. From Oxford English Dictionary: belated, adj. Detained beyond the usual time, coming or staying too late; out of date, behind date. So, if you're wishing someone a Happy Birthday which is late, you would use: Belated Happy Birthday Or, "Happy belated birthday". That's just what people say sometimes. J.R.

   "Belated happy birthday" or "happy belated birthday"?

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   What is a belated birthday?

   • Belated happy birthday! Happy belated birthday! -1 It depends on what has been "belated", the greetings or the birthday. Unless someone is celebrating birthday past the actual date of their birth, there would be no such thing as a "belated birthday". That is always the dilemma of the prescriptivist. It is the common expression because it is.

   "Belated happy birthday" or "happy belated birthday"?

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   Is happy belated birthday a late birthday?

   • If you wrote the phrase happy belated birthday but changed the word belated to its synonym “late,” you’d get happy late birthday. And this might be correct if the birthday were the thing that was late, but since a birthday is the anniversary of someone’s birth it can’t be late—or early, for that matter.

   Happy Belated Birthday or Belated Happy Birthday? - Grammarly

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   What does belated mean in a greeting?

   • When you write the greeting correctly, belated modifies the phrase happy birthday. When you write it incorrectly, happy modifies the phrase belated birthday. You should keep this in mind when sending other greetings as well. It was a belated ‘Happy Birthday’ to Her Majesty as families turned out for a celebratory cream tea yesterday.

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   Is a belated birthday a nonsense?

   • Belated birthday is nonsense, since the anniversary is the anniversary, and cannot be postponed even if the celebrations are. Belated happy birthday, strictly, is also nonsense because the birthday has already gone and may or may not have been happy. Therefore I would suggest something along the lines of: Hope you had a Happy Birthday.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBELATED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   This belated recognition does not make the pictures themselves better or worse. From the Cambridge English Corpus. Here, the metalepsis not only functions as a belated positing of the cause, as part of the causal-inference; it also constitutes a specific self-relation. From the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     She was taking a personal day from work -- a day of peace...

   • Znaczenie Belated, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     BELATED definicja: 1. coming later than expected: 2. coming...

   • Belated: Polish Translation

     BELATED translate: spóźniony, spóźniony. Learn more in the...

   • Belated: Malay Translation

     belated - translate into Malay with the English-Malay...

   • Belated: Thai Translation

     belated translate: ล่าช้า. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Belated: German Translation

     BELATED translate: verspätet. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Belated: French Translation

     belated translate: en retard. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Belated in Spanish

     belated translate: tardío, con retraso, atrasado. Learn more...

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › belatedBELATED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   She was taking a personal day from work -- a day of peace and quiet that was meant to be a belated birthday gift to herself. From NPR. If this results in prompt legislative action, we should applaud the exercise of strong, even if belated, leadership. From The Hill.

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6. www.grammarly.com › blog › writing-tipsHappy Belated Birthday or Belated Happy Birthday? - Grammarly

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   The Meaning of Happy Belated Birthday. The word belated means that something is late or delayed. If you wrote the phrase happy belated birthday but changed the word belated to its synonym “late,” you’d get happy late birthday.

7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › belatedBelated Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Jun 23, 2015 · The meaning of BELATED is delayed beyond the usual time. How to use belated in a sentence. Did you know?

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBELATED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   belated recognition. Late or too late.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

9. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 97681"Belated happy birthday" or "happy belated birthday"?

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   Jan 13, 2013 · From Oxford English Dictionary: belated, adj. Detained beyond the usual time, coming or staying too late; out of date, behind date. So, if you're wishing someone a Happy Birthday which is late, you would use: Belated Happy Birthday

10. en.thefreedictionary.com › belatedBelated - definition of belated by The Free Dictionary

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    coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: a belated birthday card.