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at last

at last prepositional phrase: after a long time; eventually.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.
    • Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.
    • After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.
  2. (idiomatic) In the end; finally; ultimately.
    • After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.
    • After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.
    Synonyms:
    lastly, ultimately

at last meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

at last in Hindi

in the end; finally; ultimately
आख़िर āxir

at last in Tamil

ஏராங்கடேசி, இறுவாக, கடைசியில், கடைமுறை, இறுதியில்

at last in Urdu

after a long time; eventually
بِالْآخِر bil-āxir
in the end; finally; ultimately
آخر āxir, بِالْآخِر bil-āxir

at last in Malayalam

after a long time; eventually
ഒടുവിൽ oṭuvil
in the end; finally; ultimately
ഒടുവിൽ oṭuvil
More languagesFewer languages
at last in Kannada
ಕೊಟ್ಟಕೊನೆಗೆ, ತುಟ್ಟತುದಿಗೆ, ಕಟ್ಟಕಡೆಗೆ
at last in Punjabi
ਛੇਕੜ chekaṛ, چھیکڑ chekaṛ
at last in Tagalog
sa wakas
at last in Arabic
أَخِيرًا ʔaḵīran
at last in Malay
akhirnya

Examples of at last in a sentence

  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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:
  • You can get it if you really want / But you must try, try and try, try and try / You'll succeed at last1970, Jimmy Cliff, “You Can Get It If You Really Want”:

Synonyms of at last

Questions about at last

What does at last mean?
At last means after a long time; eventually.
What is at last in Hindi?
At last in Hindi is आख़िर (āxir). See At last meaning in Hindi.
How do you use at last in a sentence?
Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.
What part of speech is at last?
At last is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at last in the dictionary

  1. at intervals
  2. at issue
  3. at it
  4. at knifepoint
  5. at large
  6. at last
  7. at latter Lammas
  8. at least
  9. at leisure
  10. at length
  11. at liberty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at last (page history and authors); at last (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); at last (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چھیکڑ (Punjabi) (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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