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Definition: In Any Event |
In Any EventAdverb1. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In Any EventSynonyms: anyhow (adv), anyway (adv), at any rate (adv), in any case (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: In Any Event |
| English words defined with "in any event": always, anyhow, anyway, at any rate ♦ History piece ♦ in any case ♦ Simple obligation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in any event": both blame collision clause, both to blame clause ♦ ColdFusion, commercial decorator, Concrete Data Structure ♦ Delight, Desktop Management Interface ♦ electronic sentry ♦ fail safe, Finite State Machine ♦ IDLH concentration, immediately dangerous to life or health concentration, INAUSPICIOUSLY ♦ Melancholy ♦ Occupational injury ♦ pressure chamber ♦ safety door, separability clause, Sigh, snark, survival craft ♦ Will. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's all over in any event if we don't try. (George Washington; writing credit: Jon Boothe; Richard Fielder) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Theodore Roosevelt | In any event, even if I am beaten you must remember that we have had three years of great enjoyment out of the Presidency and that we are mighty lucky to have had them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Barbados | It is evident that union leadership would resist codification of the recognition process, in any event. (references) |
Switzerland | The extent of past bribery on the part of Swiss firms abroad is impossible to assess but, in any event, the recently enacted OECD-consistent anti-bribery legislation likely will have the intended affect on Swiss firms and their representatives. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | In any event, continued very high unemployment remains Colombia's greatest economic problem. (references) |
Trade | Venezuela | Under invoicing in any event can result in heavy fines to the importer as well as forfeiture of the goods in question. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In any event, I think it is imperative that we do all that we responsibly can to resist inflation while maintaining our prosperity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "in any event"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | in elk geval. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në çdo rast (at any rate), kështu ose ashtu (this way and that way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهما يحدث (in case), عموما (as a rule, at all events, commonly, generally, in all, mostly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | v každém případì (anyhow, anyway, at all events, by all odds, in any case), rozhodnì (absolutely, by all means, categorically, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, flatly, strongly, surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | in ieder geval, in elk geval. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | en ĉiu okazo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en tout cas (in any case), en général (in all, in general, in gross, in the main), de toute façon (in any case). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auf jeden Fall (at all events, at any rate, in any case, whatever the circumstances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εν πάση περιπτώσει (in any case, to all intents and purp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בכל מקר" (whatever, without fail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mindenesetre (anyhow, anyway, at all events, at any rate, by all means, in any case, leastways, leastwise, whatever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 何れにせよ (at any rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いずれにせよ (at any rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay anyay eventay em todo o caso (anyway, historical events, in any case), em qualquer caso (anyway), acontecimentos históricos. (various references) в любом случае (anyway, at all events, in any case, without fail). (various references) u svakom slučaju (anyhow, anyway, case: in any case, event: at all events, event: in any event, means: by all means, rate: at any rate). (various references) en todo caso (at all events, in any case), de cualquier modo (anyhow, anyway, anywise, haphazard, higgledy-piggledy), de cualquier manera (anyhow, anyway). (various references) i varje fall (anyhow, anyway, at all events, at any rate, for some reason or other, in any case, leastways, leastwise, whatever the circumstances), i alla händelser (at all events, at any rate, in any case). (various references) ne olursa olsun (any old thing, anyhow, at all events, at any rate, in any case, irregardless of, rain or shine, regardless), her halükârda (anyway, at all events, by all manner of means, however, howsoever, in any case, rain or shine), her durumda. (various references) у будь-якому разі, так чи інакше (anyhow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-n-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: venetian. | |
-3 letters: naivete, naivety. | |
-4 letters: innate, invent, nannie, native, neaten, ninety, tannin, teniae, vanity, venine. | |
-5 letters: anent, eaten, enate, entia, event, evite, inane, naevi, naive, nanny, nieve, ninny, teeny, tenia, tinea, tinny, veena, veiny, venae, venin, vitae, yenta, yente. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-n-t-v-y" | |
+5 letters: environmentally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E      41 6E 79      45 76 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 00100000 01000001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01000101 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n   A n y   E v e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E      0041 006E 0079      0045 0076 0065 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380235809123988718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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