after all
after all prepositional phrase: anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
Prepositional phrase
- 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.
- Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.
- 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
- Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.
- Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.
after all meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
after all in Hindi
- anyway, in any case
- आख़िर āxir
after all in Tamil
- மொத்தத்தில் எப்படியிருந்தாலும், எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் மேலாக, அதற்கெல்லாம் மேலாக, ஆயிரமிருந்தாலும்
after all in Marathi
- after all, finally, at last
- अखेर akher
after all in Urdu
- anyway, in any case
- آخر āxir
More languagesFewer languages
- after all in Malayalam
- സർവ്വോപരി, ഏറ്റവും പ്രധാനമായി, എല്ലാറ്റിനും മുമ്പ്, എല്ലാറ്റിനുമപ്പുറം
- after all in Tagalog
- pagkatapos ng lahat, tutal
- after all in Arabic
- فِي النِّهَايَة fī n-nihāya
Examples of after all in a sentence
- 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, […]...
- 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:
- 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:
Questions about after all
- What does after all mean?
- After all means anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
- What is after all in Hindi?
- After all in Hindi is आख़िर (āxir). See After all meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use after all in a sentence?
- There is nothing like dancing after all.—I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.”
- What part of speech is after all?
- After all is a prepositional phrase.
Words near after all in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: after all (page history and authors); after all (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अखेर (Marathi) (page history and authors); after all (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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