Meanings
- Eventually, finally.
He got his comeuppance in the end.
4 more examples
We had a great day at the beach and in the end we had ice cream.
I refused to go with them, but in the end I was persuaded.
Both sides will be disappointed not to have claimed their second win of the season, but in the end each had reasons to be grateful for the point.
2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC SportWhere the Czech upstart [Lukáš] Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew [Rafael] Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, [Julien] Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight.
2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016Synonyms: at last
- After a thorough examination of the situation.
In the end I think she'll be better off going to the same school as her friends.
Synonyms: all things considered
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseEventually, finally.
prepositional phraseAfter a thorough examination of the situation.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbas the end result of a succession or process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian накрая, най-накрая
- накрая (nakraja)eventually, finally
- най-накрая (naj-nakraja)eventually, finally
- в края на краищата (v kraja na kraištata)after a thorough examination of the situation
Catalan comptat i debatut
- comptat i debatuteventually, finally
Chinese Mandarin 終於 /终于, 最終 /最终
- 終於 /终于 (zhōngyú)eventually, finally
- 最終 /最终 (zuìzhōng)eventually, finally
Czech nakonec
- nakoneceventually, finally
Dutch uiteindelijk
- uiteindelijkeventually, finally
Finnish lopulta, loppujen lopuksi
- lopultaeventually, finally
- loppujen lopuksieventually, finally
French en fin de compte
- en fin de compteeventually, finally
German letztendlich
- letztendlicheventually, finally
Greek τελικά
- τελικά (teliká)eventually, finally
Hungarian végül
- végüleventually, finally
Icelandic að lokum
- að lokumeventually, finally
Indonesian akhirnya
- akhirnyaeventually, finally
Irish faoi dheireadh
- faoi dheireadheventually, finally
Japanese 結局
- 結局 (kekkyoku)eventually, finally
Korean 결국
- 결국 (gyeolguk)eventually, finally
Norwegian Bokmål til slutt
- til slutteventually, finally
Persian در نهایت
- در نهایت (dar nahâyat)eventually, finally
Polish w końcu, w ostatecznym rozrachunku
- w końcueventually, finally
- w ostatecznym rozrachunkueventually, finally
- koniec końcóweventually, finally
Portuguese no fim
- no fimeventually, finally
Romanian la urmă de tot
- la urmă de toteventually, finally
Russian в конце́ концо́в
- в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv)eventually, finally
Scottish Gaelic aig a' cheann thall
- aig a' cheann thalleventually, finally
Spanish al fin, finalmente
- al fineventually, finally
- finalmenteeventually, finally
- al caboeventually, finally
- a la postreeventually, finally
- al fin y al caboeventually, finally
- al finaleventually, finally
Swedish till slut
- till sluteventually, finally
Cite this entry
in the end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20end
“in the end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20end. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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