Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at last

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.80 in modern English

Syllables: at last
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

After a long time; eventually.

prep_phrase

In the end; finally; ultimately.

Example Sentences

"Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest."
"After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free."
"After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after."
"After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable."
"Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it."
"No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness."

Phrases

about time at long last

Frequently Paired Words

about time at long last

Synonyms

in due course sooner or later lastly ultimately finally in the end at long last

Questions

What does at last mean?: After a long time; eventually.

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