"in the end" meaning in English

See in the end in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the end, {{en-PP}} in the end
  1. Eventually, finally. Synonyms (eventually, finally): at last Translations (eventually, finally): 終於 (Chinese Mandarin), 终于 (zhōngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 最終 (Chinese Mandarin), 最终 (zuìzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), nakonec (Czech), lopulta (Finnish), loppujen lopuksi (Finnish), en fin de compte (French), á fin (Galician), ao cabo (Galician), საბოლოოდ (sabolood) (Georgian), საბოლოო ჯამში (saboloo ǯamši) (Georgian), ბოლოს და ბოლოს (english: bolos da bolos) (Georgian), schließlich (German), letztendlich (German), zuallerletzt (German), zu guter Letzt (German), τελικά (teliká) (Greek), végül (Hungarian), akhirnya (Indonesian), 結局 (kekkyoku) (alt: けっきょく) (Japanese), ең соңында (eñ soñynda) (Kazakh), 결국 (gyeolguk) (Korean), ഒടുവിൽ (oṭuvil) (Malayalam), til slutt (Norwegian Bokmål), til slutt (Norwegian Nynorsk), um síðir (Old Norse), در نهایت (dar nahâyat) (Persian), w końcu (Polish), w ostatecznym rozrachunku (Polish), koniec końców (Polish), no fim (Portuguese), la urmă de tot (Romanian), в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv) (Russian), aig a' cheann thall (Scottish Gaelic), al fin (Spanish), finalmente (Spanish), al cabo (Spanish), a la postre (Spanish), till slut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_end-en-prep_phrase-ogtd0qWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'eventually, finally': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'eventually, finally': 98 2
  2. After a thorough examination of the situation Synonyms (After thorough examination of the situation): all things considered
    Sense id: en-in_the_end-en-prep_phrase-ajrVZ-WI Disambiguation of 'After thorough examination of the situation': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in conclusion, in fine, finally, deep down, ultimately, fundamentally

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