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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. after alladverb

    Anyway, in any case;

  2. after alladverb

    In the end, however;

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. after all

    "After all" is a phrase used to indicate considering or reinforcing a fact or situation, often one that is surprising, unexpected or previously doubted. It is used to justify or explain a decision or action by considering all information or reasoning. Additionally, it can also imply a sense of finality or conclusion.

  2. after all

    "After all" is a phrase used to justify or support a statement or point of view by indicating previously known or understood knowledge, situations or facts. It can also signify a change or conclusion after considering all the aspects of a situation, or to emphasize that something is still existing or happening despite previous doubt or expectation.

Wikidata

  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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  2. after all

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

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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. Soma Jyothula:

    After all of these treatments he still needed 80 to 100% oxygen at rest, at that point, we determined that the only way he would survive was if he underwent a double lung transplant.

  2. Barbara Ehrenreich:

    From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of 8,000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.

  3. Katharine Hepburn:

    Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high- class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

  4. Adam Sarhan:

    As we close out of the year, it's been a tale of two tapes, with narrow leadership holding up the major indices, while the vast majority of the market continues to underperform, the big story today as investors wrap up the year is that after all that's said and done, it's a flat year for the S&P 500.

  5. Nick Richardson:

    Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.


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