in the end

1. 1.

   eventually or after a lengthy period of time

   “she will succeed in the end”
2. 2.

   as the end result of a succession or process

   “ultimately he had to give in”

   “at long last the winter was over”

   Synonymsultimatelyfinallyat lastat long last

Questions about in the end

What does in the end mean?

in the end means "eventually or after a lengthy period of time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for in the end?

Close synonyms include ultimately, finally, at last, at long last. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in the end a common word?

in the end is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.