Meaning of at last | Babel Free
Definitions
- After a long time; eventually.
- In the end; finally; ultimately.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
“She was so mad she wouldn't speak⟳ to me for quite a spell⟳, but at last⟳ I coaxed her into going up to Miss⟳ Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”
“The offending train⟳ ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last⟳ we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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