at least

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at least

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From Middle English at leste, from Old English æt lǣstan.

phrase at the least · at the very least · atleast

  1. focus At a minimum or lower limit. I couldn't count them all, but I think there must have been at least 500 people in attendance.
  2. In any event; anyway. You could even be discovered, become a movie star, or at least see one.

Similar: easily, easy, leastwise, ≥ · Opposite: at most, at the most, at the very most

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Similar: easily, easy, leastwise, ≥ · Opposite: at most, at the most, at the very most

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prep_phrase at a lower limit

Españolpor lo menos, al menos, a lo menos/menor, como mínimo/mínimum/poco, cuando menos, siquiera
한국어적어도 jeogeodo, 최소한 choesohan
日本語せめて semete, 少なくとも sukunakutomo
中文至少 zhìshǎo, 頂少 /顶少 dǐngshǎo, 起碼 /起码 qǐmǎ
हिन्दीकम से कम kam se kam
Portuguêsao menos, pelo menos, no mínimo, sequer
Françaisau moins, au minimum
Deutschmindestens, zumindest, wenigstens
Italianoalmeno, per lo meno
Ελληνικάτουλάχιστον touláchiston
Românăcel puțin, măcar
Русскийпо ме́ньшей ме́ре po ménʹšej mére, по кра́йней ме́ре po krájnej mére, хотя́ бы xotjá by, как ми́нимум kak mínimum
Tiếng Việtít nhất, tối thiểu
العربيةعَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ ʕalā l-ʔaqall
עבריתלפחות lefaxot, לכל הפחות lekhol hapakhot

prep_phrase anyway

Españolaun así, al menos
한국어어쨌든 eojjaetdeun
日本語とにかく tonikaku, 何しろ nani shiro
Portuguêsmesmo assim, ao menos, pelo menos
Françaisdu moins, en tout cas
Deutschimmerhin
Italianoalmeno, se non altro
Русскийв любо́м слу́чае v ljubóm slúčaje
العربيةعَلَى الأَقَلِّ ʕalā l-ʔaqalli
עבריתכִּכְלוֹת הַכֹּל kikhlot hakol

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@misc{at_least_2026,
  title = {at least},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/at%20least},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}