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at any rate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any eventadverb

    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"

  2. at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rateadverb

    if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)

    "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"

Wiktionary

  1. at any rateadverb

    In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought.

ChatGPT

  1. at any rate

    "At any rate" is a phrase used to transition or indicate a change in conversation or to summarize. It can mean "whatever happens", "in any case", or "at least" when used in different contexts. It's often used as a method to return to a main point, or to minimize the importance of the preceding statement.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of at any rate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of at any rate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of at any rate in a Sentence

  1. Albert Einstein:

    At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice.

  2. Socrates:

    I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhile, but he thinks he has knowledge when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think that I have. I seem, at any rate, to be a little wiser than he is on this point I do not think that I know what I do not know.

  3. Tom Robbins:

    Maybe most people were fundamentally contradictory. The real people at any rate.

  4. Lawrence Yun:

    Conscious of changing mortgage rates, home buyers are taking advantage of any rate declines, we’re seeing stronger sales gains in areas where home prices are decreasing and the local economies are adding jobs.

  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

    That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment.


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  • auf jeden FallGerman
  • εν πάση περιπτώσει, πάντωςGreek
  • pase lo que pase, de todas maneras, de todas formas, en todo casoSpanish
  • به هر حالPersian
  • oli miten oli, joka tapauksessa, miten vainFinnish
  • en tout état de causeFrench
  • ar aon chaoiIrish
  • co-dhiùScottish Gaelic
  • 何しろ, とにかくJapanese
  • in ieder gevalDutch
  • bądź co bądźPolish
  • во вся́ком слу́чае, в любо́м слу́чае, так и́ли и́на́чеRussian

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