Phrase guide

in any event

prep_phrase · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may
  • The product is duly prohibited by law, but in any event, it is still available on the black market.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at all events, in any case, anyway, nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may

Antonyms: none provided

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prep_phrase

Meaning 2

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • You can grumble all you like, but in any event, you'd better be there at the appointed time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at all events, in any case, no matter what

Antonyms: none provided

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prep_phrase

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Kinetics might be described as a series of events, and in any event, there is some instant at which some change begins.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Anyhow, he is dead now
  • I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet
  • I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone
  • anyway, there is another factor to consider
  • I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle
  • in any event, the government faced a serious protest
  • but at any rate he got a knighthood for it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: hər halda — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Finnish: joka tapauksessa — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: ar aon nós — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: ar aon chaoi — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: ar aon chuma — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: ar chuma ar bith — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: ar chaoi ar bith — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Irish: pé scéal é — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Latin: saltem — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Plautdietsch: jeedenfauls — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Polish: tak czy owak — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Turkish: her hâlde — at any rate — see also in any case
  • Turkish: her hâlükârda — at any rate — see also in any case