in the end

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In the end means after everything that happened, this was the result. The story is finished and here is where it landed.

It marks a conclusion rather than a time, which is why it differs from at the end, meaning at the finishing point of something. That distinction catches learners out constantly, since at the end of the film is a place and in the end is a summing up. Eventually and finally are close, and in the end is the warmest and least formal of the three.

Definitions of in the end

1phrasein the endFinally, after everything that has happened.B1
“In the end they decided not to move at all.”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Small Talk & Everyday Phrases

First appears in chapter 2 of A Man Called Ove.

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in the end

phraseB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

In the end means after everything that happened, this was the result. The story is finished and here is where it landed.

Definitions of in the end

1phrasein the endFinally, after everything that has happened.B1
“In the end they decided not to move at all.”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Small Talk & Everyday Phrases

First appears in chapter 2 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word