Definitions for after all
af·ter all

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. after alladverb

   emphasizes something to be considered

   "after all, she is your boss, so invite her"; "he is, after all, our president"

2. after alladverb

   in spite of expectations

   "came to the party after all"; "it didn't rain after all"

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1. after alladverb

   Anyway, in any case;

2. after alladverb

   In the end, however;

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. After All

   When all has been taken into the view; when there remains nothing more to be added; at last; in fine; in conclusion.

   They have given no good proof in asserting this extravagant principle; for which, after all, they have no ground or colour, but a passage or two of scripture, miserably perverted, in opposition to many express texts. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   But, after all, if they have any merit, it is to be attributed to some good old authors, whose works I had leisure to study. Alexander Pope, on Pastoral Poetry.

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1. After All

   After All is a song by English-Canadian girl group All Saints from their fifth studio album, Testament (2018). Written by group member Shaznay Lewis along with Peter Hutchings and William Orbit, whilst produced by the latter, it was released as the album's second single on 26 July 2018, by AS Recordings.

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1. After All

   "After All" is a song written by David Bowie in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World, released later that year in the United States and in April 1971 in the UK. One of a number of Bowie songs from the early 1970s reflecting the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleister Crowley, it has been described by biographer David Buckley as "the album's hidden gem", and by Nicholas Pegg as "one of Bowie's most underrated recordings".

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1. after all

   Song lyrics by after all -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by after all on the Lyrics.com website.

2. after all

   Read the full text of the After All poem by Henry Lawson on the Poetry.com website.

Anagrams for after all »

1. fallrate

How to pronounce after all?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say after all in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of after all in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of after all in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of after all in a Sentence

1. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.

2. Maxim Behar:

   At first glance, it might seem as though the death of the press release was slightly exaggerated. After all, press releases are still in circulation.

3. Adam Schiff:

   He clearly is waiving any claim he has to keep confidential his communications with the former President or what happened in the White House, after all, if he can say it in a book, why he can't he say it before Congress in an investigation ?

4. Ry Cooder:

   After all is said and done and institutions fail, people still have some ability to care for each other.

5. Jerry Springer:

   For the first time in my life, I am going to be called honorable, my career is coming full circle and I finally get to put my law degree to use after all these years.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=after all
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/After_All
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=after all
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_All
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=after all