Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at any cost

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables: at any -cost
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Synonym of at all costs.

Example Sentences

""Though we face an enemy that will not stop until out entire civilization ceases to exist, it's important we not abandon the principles of basic morality. The kett must be defeated, but not at any cost. It won't matter if our future generations can live without fear or death or enslavement, if that freedom was achieved through genocide or other barbaric crimes...""
"From an operational nuclear facility, Sellafield turned into a full-time storage depot – but an uncanny, precarious one, filled with toxic nuclear waste that has to be kept contained at any cost."

Synonyms

at all costs at any expense

Questions

What does at any cost mean?: Synonym of at all costs.

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