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at any event

at any event is the alternative form of in any event.

Meaning of in any event

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).
    • Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may
  2. (idiomatic) 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).
    • You can grumble all you like, but in any event, you'd better be there at the appointed time.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event.
    • Kinetics might be described as a series of events, and in any event, there is some instant at which some change begins.

Questions about at any event

What is at any event the alternative form of?
At any event is the alternative form of in any event.

Words near at any event in the dictionary

  1. at all times
  2. at an end
  3. at anchor
  4. at antipodes
  5. at any cost
  6. at any event
  7. at any given moment
  8. at any hand
  9. at any rate
  10. at any risk
  11. at arm's length

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at any event (page history and authors); in any event (page history and authors). 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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