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(idiomatic) Anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
After all, they never come home for Christmas.
I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too. After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies.
2020 January 8, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe”, in The Guardian:After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705–706:“What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all.—I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.”
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 53:Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.
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(idiomatic) In the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.
They won't be coming home for Christmas after all.
Then the idea returned to her that, after all, her son might not be innocent in the Ellen matter—and this was so interesting that she felt bound to get as near the truth as she could.
1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter XL, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 175:From Moscow has come the admission that, yes, after all, the Soviet Union occupied these nations by force in 1940, against the will of the people.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604:
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Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.
Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.
Translations (83)
fr après tout (anyway, in any case) · ja 結局 (anyway, in any case) · gl ao cabo (in the end, however) · es al final (anyway, in any case) · ja 所詮 (anyway, in any case) · es al fin y al cabo (anyway, in any case) · nl uiteindelijk (anyway, in any case) · el πάντως (anyway, in any case) · nrf oprès tout (anyway, in any case) · lv galu galā (anyway, in any case) · ro la urma urmei (anyway, in any case) · pl wszakże (anyway, in any case) · fr après tout (in the end, however) · hu elvégre (anyway, in any case) · fi sittenkään (in the end, however) · ko 결국에는 (anyway, in any case) · hu végtére is (anyway, in any case) · pl przecież (anyway, in any case) · de allerdings (anyway, in any case) · cy wedi'r cyfan (anyway, in any case) · it nonostante tutto (anyway, in any case) · eo post ĉiom (anyway, in any case) · pl wszak (anyway, in any case) · mi te mea ai (anyway, in any case) · ja やはり (anyway, in any case) · sh после свега (anyway, in any case) · es después de todo (in the end, however) · ro în definitiv (anyway, in any case) · sh nakon svega (anyway, in any case) · cy wedi'r cwbl (anyway, in any case) · pl jednak (in the end, however) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (in the end, however) · la denum (anyway, in any case) · he סוף סוף (anyway, in any case) · fr au bout du compte (in the end, however) · eo finfine (anyway, in any case) · it alla fine (in the end, however) · mt wara kollox (anyway, in any case) · el τέλος πάντων (anyway, in any case) · yi נאָך אַלץ (anyway, in any case) · cmn 畢竟 /毕竟 (anyway, in any case) · it dopo tutto (anyway, in any case) · gl despois de todo (in the end, however) · ar فِي النِّهَايَة (anyway, in any case) · la denique (anyway, in any case) · ca al capdavall (anyway, in any case) · sv när allt kommer omkring (anyway, in any case) · fi loppujen lopuksi (anyway, in any case) · ro până la urmă (in the end, however) · pt afinal de contas (in the end, however) · it alla fine (anyway, in any case) · hu végül is (anyway, in any case) · ru в конце́ концо́в (anyway, in any case) · ru ведь (anyway, in any case) · mt warakollox (anyway, in any case) · pl w końcu (anyway, in any case) · it dopotutto (anyway, in any case) · ur آخر (anyway, in any case) · fr pour finir (in the end, however) · ro la o adică (anyway, in any case) · gl ao cabo (anyway, in any case) · es después de todo (anyway, in any case) · nl immers (anyway, in any case) · tl pagkatapos ng lahat (anyway, in any case) · fr finalement (anyway, in any case) · la tandem (anyway, in any case) · el στο κάτω κάτω (anyway, in any case) · ro până la urmă (anyway, in any case) · eo ja (introduces information that supports the previous sentence) · ja やっぱり (anyway, in any case) · ca després de tot (in the end, however) · nl per slot van rekening (anyway, in any case) · it in fin dei conti (anyway, in any case) · sv trots allt (anyway, in any case) · sv ändå (in the end, however) · pt afinal (anyway, in any case) · sv trots allt (in the end, however) · cmn 究竟 (anyway, in any case) · de schließlich (anyway, in any case) · hi आख़िर (anyway, in any case) · tl tutal (anyway, in any case) · de immerhin (anyway, in any case) · fi kuitenkin (anyway, in any case)