AT LAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at last mean? 

• AT LAST (adverb)
  The adverb AT LAST has 1 sense:

1. as the end result of a succession or process

  Familiarity information: AT LAST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT LAST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As the end result of a succession or process

Synonyms:

at last; at long last; finally; in the end; ultimately

Context example:

at long last the winter was over

 Context examples 

At last his nose touched the canvas.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And now his unrest had become sharp and painful, and he knew at last, clearly and definitely, that it was beauty, and intellect, and love that he must have.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Professor didn't know what to make of her, and stopped at last to ask with an air of mild surprise that was irresistible. . .

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Copperfield was very kind to me, and took a great deal of notice of me, and paid me a good deal of attention, and at last proposed to me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I could only move it slightly, and it was with the aid of one of the constables that I succeeded at last in carrying it to one side.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At last our destination lay in full sight of us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I banged it a good while with one of my sculls, and at last forced it to leap out of the boat.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And now, Mr. Holmes, I come at last to the special thing which has caused me to ask your advice to-day.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Where does that bell communicate with?” he asked at last pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)