Definition of Latecomers

1. Noun. (plural of latecomer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Latecomers

1. latecomer [n] - See also: latecomer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latecomers

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late purple aster
late reaction
late replicating chromosome
late rickets
late seizure
late seral species
late seral treatment
late syphilis
late systole
late tackle
late unpleasantness
late unpleasantnesses
latebra
latecomer
latecomers (current term)
lated
lateen
lateen-rig
lateen-rigged
lateen sail
lateener
lateeners
lateens
lateish
lately
laten
latence
latences
latencies

Literary usage of Latecomers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measuring Innovation in OECD and Non-OECD Countries: Selected Seminar Papers by William Blankley (2006)
"For latecomers, technological transfer as a process of searching, choosing, learning and adapting has been shown to improve upon imported technologies in ..."

2. Skill in Communication: A Vital Element in Effective Management by David D. Acker (1994)
"... productive latecomers up to date. meeting. However, if a problem- solving type of meeting is to be Meeting Size held, some authorities claim that up How ..."

3. Theodore Thomas, a Musical Autobiography by Theodore Thomas, George Putnam Upton (1905)
"The proportion of latecomers, as a rule, is so small that a thinking person should feel embarrassed to belong to that class. A person who is accidentally ..."

4. Theodore Thomas, a Musical Autobiography by Theodore Thomas, George Putnam Upton (1905)
"The proportion of latecomers, as a rule, is so small that a thinking person should feel embarrassed to belong to that class. A person who is accidentally ..."

5. Viet Nam at the Crossroads: The Role of Science and Technology by Keith Bezanson (1999)
"Gradually the latecomers learned by upgrading their production processes and by efforts to improve the quality and speed of manufacturing. ..."

6. The Future of Asia in the World Economy by Colm Foy, Francis Harrigan, David O'Connor (1998)
"The strategies of East Asia's latecomers also pinpointed their continuing weaknesses. Only in a small number of areas have major new product innovations ..."

7. Technology and Global Competition: The Challenge for Newly Industrialising by Dieter Ernst, David O'Connor (1989)
"Through judicious strategies of "creative imitation", latecomers can avoid being trapped into huge R&D cost burdens. Finally, at least in areas where ..."

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