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Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding?
Jane Welsh Carlyle

Meaning of "at last" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AT LAST

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WHAT DOES AT LAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

At Last

"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives, starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford. It was performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. Unreleased recordings of the song, however, had been made in 1941 by Glenn Miller for possible inclusion in the film Sun Valley Serenade. An orchestral version of the song without lyrics first appeared in that movie in 1941. A new version was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in Chicago on May 20, 1942, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78 single, catalogue number 27934-B, backed with the A side " Kalamazoo". The song reached number 9 on the Billboard pop charts in 1942, staying on the charts for 9 weeks, and later became a standard. In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track in the same-named album At Last! and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AT LAST

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at hand
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at intervals
at issue
at knife-point
at large
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at livery
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WORDS THAT END LIKE AT LAST

at long last
ballast
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blast
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breathe one´s last
chloroplast
Elastoplast
fibroblast
first and last
from first to last
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osteoblast
osteoclast
outlast
paddy last
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the last
trophoblast

Synonyms and antonyms of at last in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AT LAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «at last» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of at last

Translation of «at last» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AT LAST

Find out the translation of at last to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of at last from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «at last» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

终于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por fin
570 millions of speakers

English

at last
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आखिरकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخيرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в конце концов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afinal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবশেষে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

akhirnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

endlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最後に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마지막 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing pungkasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuối cùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடைசியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अखेरीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonunda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w końcu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в кінці кінців
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în sfârșit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιτέλους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die laaste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

äntligen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til sist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of at last

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AT LAST»

The term «at last» is very widely used and occupies the 13.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AT LAST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about at last

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10 QUOTES WITH «AT LAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word at last.
1
Max Aitken
I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final.
2
James Allen
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
3
John Arbuthnot
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
4
Bruce Barton
Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.
5
James Theodore Bent
The most terrible things end, at last.
6
Thomas Brooks
A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.
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George W. Bush
So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding?
9
Adelbert von Chamisso
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
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Bao Dai
The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AT LAST»

Discover the use of at last in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to at last and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Atkinson tells the tale from the perspective of participants at every level, from presidents and generals to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage riflemen.
Rick Atkinson, 2013
2
A Baby at Last!: The Couple's Complete Guide to Getting ...
Rosenwaks and Goldstein share the knowledge and expertise that make the pregnancy success rates for Weill Cornell patients among the highest in the world. Here, as never before, is a book that can help you, too, bring home a baby at last!
Marc Goldstein, Zev Rosenwaks, Mark L. Fuerst, 2010
3
At Last
HER LOVE HAS COME ALONG .
Jill Shalvis, 2012
4
Abe Lincoln at Last!
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.
Mary Pope Osborne, 2011
5
Peace at Last
Mr. Bear has trouble falling asleep, no matter how or where he tries. Mr. Bear has a long night ahead of him, but morning brings... Peace at Last.
Jill Murphy, 2007
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Thinner at Last
A weight loss treatment that considers overweight people as normal people with a biochemical disorder offers a combination of two safe drugs that act on the brain's appetite control center
Steven Lamm, Gerald Secor Couzens, 1997
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At Last There Is Nothing Left to Say
This is the landscape of At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say, Matthew Good's debut book of stories.
Matthew Good, 2009
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The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, ...
Follows the life of Patrick Melrose, a member of an upper class English family, through his traumatic childhood with an abusive father, drug addiction, fatherhood, and the possible loss of his family home.
Edward St. Aubyn, 2012
9
At Last Comes Love: Huxtable series:
Only desperation could bring Duncan Pennethorne, the infamous Earl of Sheringford, back home after the spectacular scandal that had shocked even the jaded ton.
Mary Balogh, 2010
10
Free At Last
Negative family patterns, and how they can be broken forever, are addressed by this book for Christian readers.
Larry Huch, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AT LAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term at last is used in the context of the following news items.
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Monogrammed festival wellies: at last, a surefire way to identify …
A welly company offered celebs such as Poppy Delevingne and Daisy Lowe personalised boots for Glastonbury. Was it a comment on the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Fun House is back at last - and it looks AMAZING!
HOUSE. It's back at last as Pat Sharp leads the big return, with a fantastic and nostalgic set being unveiled at pub restaurant Fayre & Square. «Metro, Jul 15»
3
PGA Tour breakthrough at last for New Zealand's Danny Lee with …
Former teenage prodigy Danny Lee secured his long-awaited breakthrough when he parred the second extra hole to win a four-way play-off at ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
4
Wambach wins World Cup at last
VANCOUVER, British Columbia • Abby Wambach lifted American coach Jill Ellis after the final whistle. She ran to the stands for a hug from her ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
5
Rainy, cooler week ahead, at last!
CHANDIGARH: It was a rainy relief for many city residents with 43.5mm rainfall. However, the trend of scattered rainfall continued this time too, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Free at last: The liberation of Barack Obama
Rarely, if ever, in American history has a president spoken more personally, emotionally or candidly than Barack Obama these past three ... «Visalia Times-Delta, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: Horrific Crash At Last Night's Daytona Speedway
ABOVE VIDEO: The crash happened on the final lap and the driver of the number 3 car, Austin Dillon, was released from the infield care center ... «SpaceCoastDaily.com, Jul 15»
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Petroleum Bill 2015 endorsed at last
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) endorsed a hotly disputed Petroleum Bill, 2015, which seeks among other things to establish a regulatory ... «Daily News, Jul 15»
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A fortune at last for Grimshaw's moody visions of Yorkshire
HE WAS a master of dramatic and moody landscapes, whose talent was not always recognised by his peers. But now three of Leeds painter ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
10
Alonso ends miserable run with a point at last
SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso scored a morale-boosting first point of the Formula One season at the ninth attempt on Sunday but ... «euronews, Jul 15»

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