at the end of the day

prepositional phrase

In summary; ultimately.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

abbreviation ATEOTD

  1. idiomaticIn summary; ultimately.

    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
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    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 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 Perth Before the Associate Presbytery, Thursday, Oct. 13. 1737, and Afterwards Enlarged upon at Stirling, for Some Sabbaths Thereafter.”, in The Whole Works of the Late Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, Minister of the Gospel at Stirling; Consisting of Sermons and Discourses, on the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, volume II, Edinburgh: […] D. Schaw and Co., […] for Alex. M‘Leran, […], published 1798, section “The Second Sermon on This Text”, page 530

    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    1991 August 5, Charles Krauthammer, “Why Arms Control Is Obsolete”, in Time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 & antonyms

Also see
in a nutshellin shortin summaryultimatelywhen all is said and done

Translations

Arabic فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف
  • فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف (fī nihāyati l-maṭāf)in summary; ultimately
Catalan al cap i a la fi
  • al cap i a la fiin summary; ultimately
Chinese Mandarin 到頭來 /到头来, 最終 /最终
  • 到頭來 /到头来 (dàotóulái)in summary; ultimately
  • 最終 /最终 (zuìzhōng)in summary; ultimately
  • 畢竟 /毕竟 (bìjìng)in summary; ultimately
Danish til syvende og sidst, når alt kommer til alt
  • til syvende og sidstin summary; ultimately
  • når alt kommer til altin summary; ultimately
Dutch uiteindelijk, aan het einde van de rit
  • uiteindelijkin summary; ultimately
  • aan het einde van de ritin summary; ultimately
  • op het einde van de ritin summary; ultimately
Finnish loppupeleissä, loppupelissä
  • loppupeleissäin summary; ultimately
  • loppupelissäin summary; ultimately
  • lopultain summary; ultimately
  • kaiken kaikkiaanin summary; ultimately
French en fin de compte, au final
  • en fin de comptein summary; ultimately
  • au finalin summary; ultimately
  • au bout du comptein summary; ultimately
German letzten Endes, am Ende des Tages
  • letzten Endesin summary; ultimately
  • am Ende des Tagesin summary; ultimately
Greek τελοσπάντων
  • τελοσπάντων (telospánton)in summary; ultimately
Hungarian végső soron, végül is
  • végső soronin summary; ultimately
  • végül isin summary; ultimately
  • végtére isin summary; ultimately
  • végeredménybenin summary; ultimately
Irish i ndeireadh na dála
  • i ndeireadh na dálain summary; ultimately
Italian per ultima cosa, in fin dei conti
  • per ultima cosain summary; ultimately
  • in fin dei contiin summary; ultimately
Korean 결국, 최종적(最終的)으로
  • 결국 (gyeolguk)in summary; ultimately
  • 최종적(最終的)으로 (choejongjeog-euro)in summary; ultimately
Persian در پایان روز
  • در پایان روز (dar pâyân-e ruz)in summary; ultimately
Polish koniec końców, ostatecznie
  • koniec końcówin summary; ultimately
  • ostateczniein summary; ultimately
  • w ostatecznym rozrachunkuin summary; ultimately
  • na koniec dniain summary; ultimately
Portuguese no fim das contas, no final de contas
  • no fim das contasin summary; ultimately
  • no final de contasin summary; ultimately
Russian в конце́ концо́в
  • в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv)in summary; ultimately
Scottish Gaelic aig a' cheann thall
  • aig a' cheann thallin summary; ultimately
Spanish al fin y al cabo, a fin de cuentas
  • al fin y al caboin summary; ultimately
  • a fin de cuentasin summary; ultimately
Swedish i slutändan, till syvende och sist
  • i slutändanin summary; ultimately
  • till syvende och sistin summary; ultimately
Turkish nihayetinde
  • nihayetindein summary; ultimately
Welsh yn y pen draw, pan ddaw hi'n gyfrif
  • yn y pen drawin summary; ultimately
  • pan ddaw hi'n gyfrifin summary; ultimately
  • ar derfyn y dyddin summary; ultimately
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“at the end of the day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20end%20of%20the%20day. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at the end of the day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20end%20of%20the%20day.

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