English Explanatory Dictionary

in any event

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).
  2. At any rate: by any measure, any way one slices it, in every case, no matter what (emphasizing that a point matters so much that there is no case in which it does not matter).
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event.

Word forms

in any event

Synonyms

at all events in any case anyway nonetheless nevertheless come what may no matter what

Translations

Azerbaijani: hər halda Finnish: joka tapauksessa Irish: ar aon nós Irish: ar aon chaoi Irish: ar aon chuma Irish: ar chuma ar bith Irish: ar chaoi ar bith Irish: pé scéal é Latin: saltem Plautdietsch: jeedenfauls Polish: tak czy owak Turkish: her hâlde Turkish: her hâlükârda
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