In the end Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb after a very lengthy period of time
    in the long run.
    • she will succeed in the long run
  2. adverb as the end result of a succession or process
    ultimately; at long last; finally; at last.
    • ultimately he had to give in
    • at long last the winter was over

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Definitions
  1. finally. Shak.

Webster 1913