in any event
At any rate: anyhow, regardlessAt any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).
» Anyone can participate in the event.
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3 senses(idiomatic)At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters).
Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may
The product is duly prohibited by law, but in any event, it is still available on the black market.
(idiomatic)At any rate: by any measure, any way one slices it, in every case, no matter what (emphasizing that a point matters so much that there is no case in which it does not matter).
You can grumble all you like, but in any event, you'd better be there at the appointed time.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event.
Kinetics might be described as a series of events, and in any event, there is some instant at which some change begins.
Examples
63 sentencesAnyone can participate in the event.
Anybody may participate in the event.
The teacher tried to interest the students in current events.
ruУчитель пытался заинтересовать учеников текущими событиями. — Biga
Tom is on the committee in charge of the event.
Have you ever taken part in this kind of event before?
Translations
2 languagesDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.