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after all

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  1. idiomatic Anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. After all, they never come home for Christmas.
  2. idiomatic In the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted. They won't be coming home for Christmas after all.
  3. Introduces information that supports the preceding statement. Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.

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prep_phrase anyway, in any case

Españoldespués de todo, al final, al fin y al cabo
한국어결국에는 gyeolgugeneun
日本語やはり yahari, やっぱり yappari, 結局 kekkyoku, 所詮 shosen
中文畢竟 /毕竟 bìjìng, 究竟 jiūjìng
हिन्दीआख़िर āxir
Portuguêsafinal
Françaisaprès tout, finalement
Deutschimmerhin, schließlich, allerdings
Italianodopo tutto, dopotutto, in fin dei conti, alla fine, nonostante tutto
Ελληνικάπάντως pántos, τέλος πάντων télos pánton, στο κάτω κάτω sto káto káto
Românăîn definitiv, la o adică, la urma urmei, până la urmă
Русскийведь vedʹ, в конце́ концо́в v koncé koncóv
العربيةفِي النِّهَايَة fī n-nihāya
עבריתסוף סוף sof sof

prep_phrase in the end, however

Españoldespués de todo
Portuguêsafinal de contas
Françaisaprès tout, pour finir, au bout du compte
Italianoalla fine
Românăpână la urmă

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"after all." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/after%20all. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{after_all_2026,
  title = {after all},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/after%20all},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}