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English Dictionary: at any rate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for at any rate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at any rate adv 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" Synonym(s): anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event 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" Synonym(s): at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Any \A"ny\, a. & pron. [OE. [91]ni[yogh], [91]ni, eni, ani, oni, AS. [d6]nig, fr. [be]n one. It is akin to OS. [c7]nig, OHG. einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See {One}.] 1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be. Note: Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question. No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. --Matt. xi. 27. 2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? [bd]Who will show us any good?[b8] --Ps. iv. 6. Note: It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, . . . and it shall be given him. --Jas. i. 5. That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. --Acts ix. 2. {At any rate}, {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.