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at the end of the day

at the end of the day prepositional phrase: in summary; ultimately.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In summary; ultimately.
    • Christ’s flock is but a little flock, comparatively conſidered, Luke xii. 32. &c. They are but little in reſpect of their numbers. Indeed abſtractly conſidered, at the end of the day, they will make an “innumerable company, which no man can number;” but, viewed in compariſon of the wicked, they are...c. 1737–1754, Ebenezer Erskine, “The Sovereignty of Zion’s King. Being the Substance of Several Sermons, on Psal. ii. 6. The First Preached at Perth Before the Associate Presbytery, Thursday, Oct....
    • Arms control was always something between a sham and a sideshow. . . . [A]t the end of the day, a democratic Russia integrated into the West becomes no more a nuclear threat to us than Britain or France.1991 August 5, Charles Krauthammer, “Why Arms Control Is Obsolete”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    ATEOTD, basically, essentially, in summary, in the end, to recap, to summarize, to sum up, when all is said and done

at the end of the day meaning in Arabic and Persian

at the end of the day in Arabic

in summary; ultimately
فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف fī nihāyati l-maṭāf

at the end of the day in Persian

in summary; ultimately
در پایان روز dar pâyân-e ruz

Examples of at the end of the day in a sentence

  • Indeed abſtractly conſidered, at the end of the day, they will make an “innumerable company, which no man can number;” but, viewed in compariſon of the wicked, they are but few:[…]c. 1737–1754, Ebenezer Erskine, “The Sovereignty of Zion’s King. Being the Substance of Several Sermons, on Psal. ii. 6. The First Preached...
  • At the end of the day, it is commodities that will have the biggest impact on the Canadian dollar over the next year.2009 February 24, Levi Folk, “'Goldilocks' dollar is happy here”, in Financial Post, Canada, retrieved 25 Feb 2009:

Synonyms of at the end of the day

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Questions about at the end of the day

What does at the end of the day mean?
At the end of the day means in summary; ultimately.
What is at the end of the day in Arabic?
At the end of the day in Arabic is فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف (fī nihāyati l-maṭāf). See At the end of the day meaning in Arabic.
How do you use at the end of the day in a sentence?
Indeed abſtractly conſidered, at the end of the day, they will make an “innumerable company, which no man can number;” but, viewed in compariſon of the wicked, they are but few:[…]
What part of speech is at the end of the day?
At the end of the day is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at the end of the day in the dictionary

  1. at the double
  2. at the drop of a hat
  3. at the earliest
  4. at the elbow
  5. at the end of one's tether
  6. at the end of the day
  7. at the end of the rainbow
  8. at the expense of
  9. at the feet of
  10. at the first
  11. at the first brunt

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