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at last en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.
    • After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.
    • Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.
  2. (idiomatic) In the end; finally; ultimately.
    • Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
    • After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.
    • The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown. 1958 June 14, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415-416:
    • After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.
    • You can get it if you really want / But you must try, try and try, try and try / You'll succeed at last 1970, Jimmy Cliff, “You Can Get It If You Really Want”:
    • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
    • She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

Relateds

at long last · about time

Synonyms

lastly · sooner or later · ultimately · in due course

Translations (96)

la dēmum (after a long time; eventually) · ja やっと (after a long time; eventually) · ga ar deireadh (after a long time; eventually) · cmn 最終 /最终 (in the end; finally; ultimately) · la tandem (after a long time; eventually) · ja 等々 (after a long time; eventually) · fr enfin (after a long time; eventually) · es al cabo (in the end; finally; ultimately) · fi lopulta (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ia finalmente (in the end; finally; ultimately) · sh nȁjzad (after a long time; eventually) · de endlich (after a long time; eventually) · fr au bout du compte (in the end; finally; ultimately) · txb akek (after a long time; eventually) · fr à la fin (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ru в конце концов (in the end; finally; ultimately) · es al fin (in the end; finally; ultimately) · el επιτέλους (after a long time; eventually) · eu azkenean (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ia finalmente (after a long time; eventually) · sv till slut (in the end; finally; ultimately) · la tandem (in the end; finally; ultimately) · sh napokon (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ml ഒടുവിൽ (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ang æt nīehstan (in the end; finally; ultimately) · nl eindelijk (after a long time; eventually) · hu végre-valahára (after a long time; eventually) · cmn 最後 /最后 (in the end; finally; ultimately) · hu végre (after a long time; eventually) · ja 最後に (in the end; finally; ultimately) · pt por fim (in the end; finally; ultimately) · sh на̏јзад (after a long time; eventually) · gd bho dheireadh (after a long time; eventually) · hu végül (in the end; finally; ultimately) · es por fin (after a long time; eventually) · hy վերջապես (after a long time; eventually) · nv hónáásiiʼ (after a long time; eventually) · ja 最終的に (in the end; finally; ultimately) · es por fin (in the end; finally; ultimately) · tl sa wakas (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ang æt nīehstan (after a long time; eventually) · non loks (in the end; finally; ultimately) · sv slutligen (after a long time; eventually) · nb endelig (after a long time; eventually) · ml ഒടുവിൽ (after a long time; eventually) · ga faoi dheireadh (after a long time; eventually) · tr sonunda (in the end; finally; ultimately) · cs nakonec (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (in the end; finally; ultimately) · gd mu dheireadh (after a long time; eventually) · de schließlich (in the end; finally; ultimately) · pt finalmente (after a long time; eventually) · pl wreszcie (after a long time; eventually) · ga faoi dheireadh (in the end; finally; ultimately) · gd fa dheireadh (after a long time; eventually) · ja 終わりに (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ru наконе́ц (after a long time; eventually) · sv slutligen (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ru наконе́ц (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ka ბოლოს და ბოლოს (after a long time; eventually) · cy yn olaf (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ga ar deireadh (in the end; finally; ultimately) · tr nihayet (in the end; finally; ultimately) · eo finfine (after a long time; eventually) · ru наконе́ц-то (after a long time; eventually) · fi vihdoin (after a long time; eventually) · ja 遂に (after a long time; eventually) · pl nareszcie (after a long time; eventually) · ms akhirnya (after a long time; eventually) · com haya kwasikʉ (in the end; finally; ultimately) · nl uiteindelijk (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ur بِالْآخِر (in the end; finally; ultimately) · cmn 終於 /终于 (after a long time; eventually) · es al fin (after a long time; eventually) · it finalmente (after a long time; eventually) · fr finalement (in the end; finally; ultimately) · eo fine (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ur آخر (in the end; finally; ultimately) · uk нарешті (after a long time; eventually) · ka ბოლოს (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ar أَخِيرًا (in the end; finally; ultimately) · pdt entlich (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ka როგორც იქნა (after a long time; eventually) · hi आख़िर (in the end; finally; ultimately) · ur بِالْآخِر (after a long time; eventually) · ka საბოლოოდ (after a long time; eventually) · ru напосле́док (in the end; finally; ultimately) · pl w końcu (after a long time; eventually) · fi lopulta (after a long time; eventually) · dlm fenalmiant (in the end; finally; ultimately) · tl sa wakas (after a long time; eventually) · ar أَخِيرًا (after a long time; eventually) · ka საბოლოოდ (in the end; finally; ultimately) · cy o'r diwedd (after a long time; eventually) · cs konečně (after a long time; eventually) · sv äntligen (after a long time; eventually)