Better late __ never Crossword Clue

• (conjunction)
  1. A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.

• BETTER (adjective)
  1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
  2. (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
• BETTER (adverb)
  1. from a position of superiority or authority
• BETTER (verb)
  1. surpass in excellence
  2. get better
• BETTER (noun)
  1. someone who bets
  2. a superior person having claim to precedence
• LATE (adverb)
  1. in the recent past
  2. to an advanced time
• LATE (adjective)
  1. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
  2. after the expected or usual time; delayed

• THAN
  (4 letters)

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HANT