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In The End

Definition: In The End

In The End

Adverb

1. After a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run".

2. As the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: In The End

Synonyms: at last (adv), at long last (adv), finally (adv), in the long run (adv), ultimately (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: In The End

English words defined with "in the end": At the long runeventuateNorthnessSaddle grafting, Southness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "in the end": Canadian Standards Association, carbon fibers, crandall, CSA Internationalend-port furnaceFrogshoisting plugthundering herd problem. (references)

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Modern Usage: In The End

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dusty street (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

Full of darkness and danger they were And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow Even darkness must pass (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

The ones that say they don't want anything, always get more in the end. (Shadow of a Doubt; writing credit: Gordon McDonell; Thornton Wilder)

I'll carry you - kicking and screaming - and in the end you'll thank me. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail (Gandhi; writing credit: John Briley)

Lyrics

Baby knowing in the end, that. (More Than That; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

The things that we're afraid of are gonna show us what we're made of in the end (Hey Leonardo (She likes me for me); performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)

In the end what you don't surrender (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Well in the end I'll know, but on the way I wonder (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

But in the end I wanna thank you (Fighter; performing artist: CHRISTINA AGUILERA)

Clever

Having your lawyer pay for lunch will be very expensive in the end. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Caught in the End (1920)

In the End (1913)

Song Titles

In The End (performing artist: Linkin Park)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: In The End

DomainTitle

Books

  • Living With Discernment in the End Times: 1 and 2 Peter, Jude (International Inductive Study Series) (reference)

  • Conquering the Dragon Within: God's Provision for Assurance and Victory in the End Time (reference)

  • Are We Living in the End Times? (sc) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: In The End

AuthorQuotation

Heinrich Heine

Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned.
Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

Iris Murdoch

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

John Ruskin

What is the cheapest to you now is likely to be the dearest to you in the end.

Oliver Goldsmith

Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.

The Talmud

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.

Tori Amos

I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end.

Voltaire

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: In The End

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

Anyone can see with his eyes open that our path will be difficult and also long, but if we persevere together as we did in the two world wars - though not, alas, in the interval between them - I cannot doubt that we shall achieve our common purpose in the end. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: In The End

TitleAuthorQuote

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In The End

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Too much calcium can kill a cell, and some neuroscientists suspect that in the end, a rise in calcium levels may be precisely what is killing neurons in Alzheimer's disease. (references)

These disorders must be considered in all suspected cases of RS. Some evidence suggests that treatment in the end stages of RS with hypertonic IV glucose solutions may prevent progression of the syndrome. (references)

Business

The primary factor in the end users’ buying decision is price. (references)

Though the government would like to refrain from price increases and instead emphasize other attributes of the Gencos, in the end the government may very well have to resort to electricity tariff increases, a move that could be politically costly. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

One minor scuffle between police and (non-Falun Gong) protesters led to charges against a handful of demonstrators, which in the end resulted in acquittals of the protesters and a judge's criticism of police behavior. (references)

Economic History

Qatar

In the end, tax exemptions can only be granted by an Emiri Decree. (references)

France

The total number of Internet users (15 years and older) in France has grown from 5.7 million in 1999 to approximately 10 million in the end of 2000. (references)

Political Economy

El Salvador

According to the Salvadoran Coffee Council, the decline reduced employment in the end of year harvest by approximately 4,300 jobs. (references)

Trade

China

If in the end no pre-license visit is permitted by the Chinese Government, an export license may not be issued. (references)

Travel

Egypt

It may take a year or more, but in the end, it is usually profitable. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: In The End

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gerald Ford

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.

Rush Limbaugh

Let's have some class in the end zone.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: In The End

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963For we believe that, in the end, it is the only way to assure the security of all without impairing the interests of any.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981In the end, how well we do that work will depend on the spirit in which we approach it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: In The End

Language Translations for "in the end"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në fund (crown it all, last), më në fund (at last, finally, in fine, lastly), fundi fundit. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏في النهاية (at the latest, only, ultimately, yet), ‏مؤخرة (ass, backside, behind, bum, butt, buttock, prat, rearward, stern), ‏أخيرا (at last, eventually, finally, in conclusion, last ditch, lastly, lately, latterly, really, that is to say, ultimately). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

終于 (at last, finally), 到底 (finally, when all is said and done). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nakonec (eventually, in conclusion, in the long run, last, ultimately). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vihdoin (at last, at length, eventually, finally, ultimately), lopulta (at last, eventually, finally, ultimately), lopuksi (at last, finally). (various references)

   

French

  

finalement, en fin. (various references)

   

German

  

schließlich (after all, at length, eventual, eventually, final, finally, lastly, ultimately). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τελικά (eventually, finally, ultimately). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לבסוף (at last, finally), בסופו של דבר (eventually, finally, in the long run, ultimately), בסוף (finally, ultimately). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

végül (at last, eventually, finally, in fine, last, last but not least, lastly, terminally, ultimately), végén (on end, terminally). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

alhasil (consequently, eventually, in sum). (various references)

   

Italian

  

infine (after all, at last, eventually, finally, in short, last, lastly), alla fine (at, at last, eventual, eventually, finally, ultimately). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

詰まる所 (in short, in sum), 鯔のつまり (after all is said and done, final outcome, upshot), 煎じ詰めると (after all, in short), 果ては (on top of that), 揚句の果て (finally, on top of all that), 揚句 (at last, finally), 揚げ句の果て (finally, on top of all that), 揚げ句 (at last, finally), 挙句の果て (finally, on top of all that), 挙句 (at last, finally), 挙げ句の果て (finally, on top of all that), 挙げ句 (at last, finally). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つまるところ (in short, in sum), せんじつめると (after all, in short), あげくのはて (finally, on top of all that), あげく (at last, finally), はては (on top of that), とどのつまり (after all is said and done, final outcome, upshot). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ethay enday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

enfim (at long last, ultimately), afinal (after all, at last, eventually, finally). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

la urma urmelor (after all), în cele din urmã (at long last, eventually, lastly, ultimately). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в конце концов (after all, in the long run, ultimately), напоследок (at last). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na kraju (end: in the end, last, lastly, ultimately). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

un poco antes del fin, finalmente (at last, finally, last, ultimately), en fin, casi al finalizar, al final (ultimately), al fin y al cabo (after all), a finales. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

i längden, till slut (at last, at length, eventually, finality, lastly, through), när allt kommer omkring (after all). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sonunda (after all, at last, eventually, finally, in fine, in the upshot, last, yet). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

в кінцевому підсумку. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: In The End

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

demum, demus, demusque, denique, iam tandem, tandem, tandemque. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: In The End

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 13, Verse 49
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOutwV estai en th sunteleia tou aiwnoV exeleusontai oi aggeloi kai aforiousin touV ponhrouV ek mesou twn dikaiwn
Latin405VulgateSic erit in consummatione saeculi exibunt angeli et separabunt malos de medio iustorum
Old English990West Saxon. & asyndrieð ða yfele ofþare godere midlene.
Middle English1395WyclifSo it schal be in the endyng of the world. Aungels schulen go out, and schulen departe yuel men fro the myddil of iuste men.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSo shall it be at the ende of the worlde. The angels shall come oute and sever the bad from the good
Jacobean English1611King JamesSo shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Victorian English1833WebsterSo shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Basic English1964OgdenSo will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: In The End

LanguageMatthew Chapter 13, Verse 49
CebuanoSama unya niana ang mahitabo inigkatapus na sa kapanahonan. Ang mga manolunda manggula ug ang mga dautan ilang lainon gikan sa mga matarung,
CroatianTako æe biti na svršetku svijeta. Iziæi æe anðeli, odijeliti zle od pravednih
DanishSåledes skal det gå til ved Verdens Ende. Englene skulle gå ud og skille de onde fra de retfærdige
DutchAlzo zal het in de voleinding der eeuwen wezen; de engelen zullen uitgaan, en de bozen uit het midden der rechtvaardigen afscheiden;
FinnishNäin on käyvä maailman lopussa; enkelit lähtevät ja erottavat pahat vanhurskaista
FrenchIl en sera de même à la fin du monde. Les anges viendront séparer les méchants d`avec les justes,
GermanAlso wird es auch am Ende der Welt gehen: die Engel werden ausgehen und die Bösen von den Gerechten scheiden
HungarianÍgy lesz a világ végén is: Eljõnek majd az angyalok, és kiválasztják a gonoszokat az igazak közül.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBegitulah halnya pada Hari Kiamat, malaikat-malaikat akan pergi memisahkan orang-orang jahat dari orang-orang yang melakukan kehendak Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDemikianlah akan jadi pada kesudahan alam: Segala malaekat akan keluar mengasingkan orang jahat dari antara orang yang benar.
ItalianCosì sarà alla fine del mondo. Verranno gli angeli e separeranno i cattivi dai buoni
Manx GaelicShen myr vees eh ec jerrey yn theihll: hig ny ainleyn magh, as scarree ad yn vee chrauee veih mastey yn chloan chairal;
MaoriKa pera ano a te mutunga o te ao: ka haere nga anahera, ka wehewehe i te hunga kino i roto i te hunga tika,
NorwegianSåledes skal det gå til ved verdens ende: Englene skal gå ut og skille de onde fra de rettferdige
PortugueseAssim será no fim do mundo: sairão os anjos, e separarão os maus dentre os justos,   
RumanianTot awa va fi wi la sfkrwitul veacului. Kngerii vor iewi, vor despqryi pe cei rqi din mijlocul celor buni,
RussianфБЛ ВХДЕФ РТЙ ЛПОЮЙОЕ ЧЕЛБ: ЙЪЩДХФ бОЗЕМЩ, Й ПФДЕМСФ ЪМЩИ ЙЪ УТЕДЩ РТБЧЕДОЩИ,
ShuarNúnisan átatui nunka Amúamunam. Yusa suntari taar Yus-shuaran tura íwianch shuaran akantrattawai.
SpanishAsí será el fin del mundo: Saldrán los ángeles y apartarán a los malos de entre los justos,
SwahiliNdivyo itakavyokuwa mwishoni mwa nyakati: malaika watatokea, watawatenganisha watu wabaya na watu wema,
SwedishSå skall det ock ske vid tidens ände: änglarna skola gå ut och skilja de onda från de rättfärdiga
UmaWae-mi mpai' hi Eo Kiama-e: mala'eka-mala'eka hilou mpogaa' tauna to dada'a pai' tauna to monoa'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: In The End

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-i-n-n-t"

-1 letter: dentine, thinned.

-2 letters: dentin, endite, hented, hinted, indene, indent, intend, theine, tinned.

-3 letters: diene, inned, ninth, teind, thein, thine, tined.

-4 letters: deet, dene, deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dite, edit, eide, heed, hent, hide, hied, hind, hint, need, nene, nide, nine, nite, teed, teen, tend, thee, then, thin, tide, tied, tine.

-5 letters: dee, den, die.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-h-i-n-n-t"
 

+2 letters: intrenched.

 

+3 letters: enlightened, indehiscent, rhinestoned.

 

+4 letters: disenchanted, disenchanter, guanethidine, heartrending, heterodyning, interchained, interchanged, unchristened.

 

+5 letters: benightedness, disenchanters, disheartening, guanethidines, nonhereditary, norethindrone, unenlightened.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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