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In Any Event

Definition: In Any Event

In Any Event

Adverb

1. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it".

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

Synonyms: In Any Event

Synonyms: anyhow (adv), anyway (adv), at any rate (adv), in any case (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: In Any Event

English words defined with "in any event": always, anyhow, anyway, at any rateHistory piecein any caseSimple obligation. (references)
Specialty definitions using "in any event": both blame collision clause, both to blame clauseColdFusion, commercial decorator, Concrete Data StructureDelight, Desktop Management Interfaceelectronic sentryfail safe, Finite State MachineIDLH concentration, immediately dangerous to life or health concentration, INAUSPICIOUSLYMelancholyOccupational injurypressure chambersafety door, separability clause, Sigh, snark, survival craftWill. (references)

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Modern Usage: In Any Event

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's all over in any event if we don't try. (George Washington; writing credit: Jon Boothe; Richard Fielder)

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

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Familiar Quotations: In Any Event

AuthorQuotation

Theodore Roosevelt

In any event, even if I am beaten you must remember that we have had three years of great enjoyment out of the Presidency and that we are mighty lucky to have had them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In Any Event

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Barbados

It is evident that union leadership would resist codification of the recognition process, in any event. (references)

Switzerland

The extent of past bribery on the part of Swiss firms abroad is impossible to assess but, in any event, the recently enacted OECD-consistent anti-bribery legislation likely will have the intended affect on Swiss firms and their representatives. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

In any event, continued very high unemployment remains Colombia's greatest economic problem. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

Under invoicing in any event can result in heavy fines to the importer as well as forfeiture of the goods in question. (references)

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

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Speeches: In Any Event

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969In any event, I think it is imperative that we do all that we responsibly can to resist inflation while maintaining our prosperity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: In Any Event

Language Translations for "in any event"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

in elk geval. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

në çdo rast (at any rate), kështu ose ashtu (this way and that way). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مهما يحدث (in case), ‏عموما (as a rule, at all events, commonly, generally, in all, mostly). (various references)

   

Czech

  

v každém případì (anyhow, anyway, at all events, by all odds, in any case), rozhodnì (absolutely, by all means, categorically, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, flatly, strongly, surely). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in ieder geval, in elk geval. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

en ĉiu okazo. (various references)

   

French

  

en tout cas (in any case), en général (in all, in general, in gross, in the main), de toute façon (in any case). (various references)

   

German

  

auf jeden Fall (at all events, at any rate, in any case, whatever the circumstances). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εν πάση περιπτώσει (in any case, to all intents and purp). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בכל מקר" (whatever, without fail). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mindenesetre (anyhow, anyway, at all events, at any rate, by all means, in any case, leastways, leastwise, whatever). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

何れにせよ (at any rate). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いずれにせよ (at any rate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay anyay eventay

   

Portuguese

  

em todo o caso (anyway, historical events, in any case), em qualquer caso (anyway), acontecimentos históricos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в любом случае (anyway, at all events, in any case, without fail). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u svakom slučaju (anyhow, anyway, case: in any case, event: at all events, event: in any event, means: by all means, rate: at any rate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en todo caso (at all events, in any case), de cualquier modo (anyhow, anyway, anywise, haphazard, higgledy-piggledy), de cualquier manera (anyhow, anyway). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

i varje fall (anyhow, anyway, at all events, at any rate, for some reason or other, in any case, leastways, leastwise, whatever the circumstances), i alla händelser (at all events, at any rate, in any case). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ne olursa olsun (any old thing, anyhow, at all events, at any rate, in any case, irregardless of, rain or shine, regardless), her halükârda (anyway, at all events, by all manner of means, however, howsoever, in any case, rain or shine), her durumda. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

у будь-якому разі, так чи інакше (anyhow). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In Any Event

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-n-t-v-y"

-2 letters: venetian.

-3 letters: naivete, naivety.

-4 letters: innate, invent, nannie, native, neaten, ninety, tannin, teniae, vanity, venine.

-5 letters: anent, eaten, enate, entia, event, evite, inane, naevi, naive, nanny, nieve, ninny, teeny, tenia, tinea, tinny, veena, veiny, venae, venin, vitae, yenta, yente.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-n-t-v-y"
 

+5 letters: environmentally.

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

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Alternative Orthography: In Any Event


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E      41 6E 79      45 76 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 00100000 01000001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01000101 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#110 &#121 &#32 &#69 &#118 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E      0041 006E 0079      0045 0076 0065 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380235809123988718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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