in the end
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1.0
- idiom
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al final
- He put up a good fight, but in the end, I was stronger, smarter and faster than him.
- saved in the end
- prevail in the end
- in the end, though
And what happens in the end in these rituals?
- And what happens in the end in these rituals?
- So you know, in the end, that's what it is.
- And he clearly in the end felt like he couldn't do that.
- Everything is so confused because in the end, this isn't the truth.
- And so, and Jesus says in the end, I never knew you, sorry.
- If you disagree and cannot agree, in the end it ends in violence.
- And actually, most columnists in the end give up fighting.
- So maybe the solution is that in the end, we'll all just do E sports.
- And in the end, I do hope humanity prevails.
Examples
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But in the end, you know, none of us really change, do we?
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The students would be cautious, but in the end, they would accept the help.
Fiction book (1991) -
So then in the end, we agreed.
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Did that 'cause you more pain in the end than it did pleasure?
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So, you know, in the end, this is always going to be better.
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In the end, I guess we're all just what we are.
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Due to safety concerns before the race, the Austrian had said he would not take part, but in the end he did.
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In the end, it'll all be the same.
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The debate had been really rather pointless, and in the end, nothing had been achieved.
Fiction book (1990) -
After considering all options, they decided, in the end, to move to the city.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Shows that something happens at the end of a long wait
∞
3.0
After a long time
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4.0
In the end, after everything else is done
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1.0
Finally after a long wait or delay
12
3.1
Finally, after a long wait
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4.1
After thinking about everything, what matters most is clear
Antonyms
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'finally; after everything' is directly derivable from combining 'in' (within/at) with 'the end' (the final point), yielding 'at the final point of a process.' This spatial-to-temporal composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.
Etymology
In the end may come from the simple image of being in the end of a road or a book. When you are there the journey or story is over, so it means 'finally' or 'after everything'.