Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in any event

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: in- any event
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).

prep_phrase

At any rate: by any measure, any way one slices it, in every case, no matter what (emphasizing that a point matters so much that there is no case in which it does not matter).

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may"
"The product is duly prohibited by law, but in any event, it is still available on the black market."
"You can grumble all you like, but in any event, you'd better be there at the appointed time."
"Kinetics might be described as a series of events, and in any event, there is some instant at which some change begins."

Synonyms

at all events in any case anyway nonetheless nevertheless come what may no matter what anyhow anyways at any rate

Questions

What does in any event mean?: At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).

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