IN THE END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in the end mean? 

• IN THE END (adverb)
  The adverb IN THE END has 2 senses:

1. eventually or after a lengthy period of time

2. as the end result of a succession or process

  Familiarity information: IN THE END used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN THE END (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eventually or after a lengthy period of time

Context example:

she will succeed in the end

Sense 2

Meaning:

As the end result of a succession or process

Synonyms:

at last; at long last; finally; in the end; ultimately

Context example:

at long last the winter was over

 Context examples 

On the contrary, she grew more excited and angry every moment, until, in the end, White Fang flung dignity to the winds and frankly fled away from her across the fields.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When he came to his pack, he paused long over the squat moose-hide sack, but in the end it went with him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Cheer up. It’ll all come right in the end. You’ve long years before you, and you can make anything you please of yourself.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The life of only one member was demanded, which was a remoter interest than their lives, and in the end they were content to pay the toll.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Thus in the end we may find him in his form of man between the hours of noon and sunset, and so engage with him when he is at his most weak.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At first, so great was his disgust with the magazines and all bourgeois society, Martin fought against publicity; but in the end, because it was easier than not to, he surrendered.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The girls listened with interest, for the tale was romantic, and somewhat pathetic, as most of the characters died in the end.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A benign or malignant bone tumor, usually arising in the end of long bones or the vertebrae.

(Giant Cell Tumor of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

It needed a robust faith in the end to justify such tragic means.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)