Meanings
alternative in the last analysis · alternative in the ultimate analysis
- idiomaticAll things considered; when all is said and done; in conclusion, basically and fundamentally.
I have not been personally in a conversation with anybody in the Astronaut Office that is antirobotic for some philosophical reason. They are a group of people who, in the final analysis, have the responsibility to get the job done.
1990, United States. Congress House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 90Synonyms: at bottom
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAll things considered; when all is said and done; in conclusion, basically and fundamentally.
Origin
- Frenchen dernière analyse
- Englishin the final analysis
Calque of French en dernière analyse.
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