at all events

adverb

In any event, at any rate.

“In future, at all events, the security staff shall screen all entrants for weapons.”

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Meanings

adverbat all events (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableIn any event, at any rate.

    At all events, there never should have been any weapons in the mosh pit in the first place.

    1 more example

    He very soon discovered a Wynn Carrados living at Richmond, and, better still, further search failed to unearth another. There was, apparently, only one householder at all events of that name in the neighbourhood of London.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
  2. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, all, events.

    In future, at all events, the security staff shall screen all entrants for weapons.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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APA

at all events. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20all%20events

MLA

“at all events.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20all%20events. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at all events,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20all%20events.

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