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eventuate

American  
[ih-ven-choo-ayt] / ɪˈvɛn tʃuˌeɪt /

verb (used without object)

  • eventuates,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • eventuated,
    past participle,  past
  • eventuating
    present participle
  1. to have issue; result.

  2. to be the issue or outcome; come about.


eventuate British  
/ ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt /

verb

  1. (often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)

  2. to come about as a result

    famine eventuated from the crop failure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of eventuate

1780–90; < Latin ēventu ( s ) event + -ate 1


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“If these exports do eventuate, it will provide some relief to a market that is facing diesel shortages, but much will likely depend on Ukraine’s ongoing attacks on Russian oil infrastructure,” the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A person with direct knowledge of the sales process said it was uncertain whether a deal would eventuate.

From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023

Cosell: Incidentally, Bobby did win the Grand Slam, and we had a lot of talk this past year about Jack winning the Grand Slam, and it didn’t eventuate.

From Golf Digest ● May 4, 2020

If Big Shark does eventuate, it will be Wiseau’s first feature film since The Room, which continues to be both ridiculed and loved in equal measure.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019

There are certain modifications of the modern doctrine that every stimulation of the mind or the emotions should eventuate in activity—modifications that apply to all the fine arts.

From Literature in the Elementary School by Porter Lander MacClintock

"If another soft print eventuates, expect pricing for ECB cuts to extend beyond the current 100bps of cuts being priced for 2024."

From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023

"It is still very early days and people are generally prepared to wait and see what eventuates."

From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2021

The inevitable penalty appeal eventuates, which displeases Keogh immensely.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015

If what eventuates is not just Joey but others becoming more aware of the need to show respect for different cultures then I feel the stand I have taken will be worthwhile.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2010

The manner in which, under special circumstances, the instinct eventuates in a taste for exploit and an invidious discrimination between noble and ignoble classes has been indicated in an earlier chapter.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

“I don’t know that this has ever eventuated in the history of the music industry. You have a 50-year-old record that looks like it’s just being released.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

So far, fears that coronavirus would devastate Indigenous communities have not eventuated, due to strong efforts by governments to lock remote communities down, and through communities themselves taking action.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2020

"The risks were known, not insignificant and on Ethicon's own admission, serious harm could ensue if they eventuated," Ms Katzmann said in her ruling.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2019

Suffice it to say that draining at no time eventuated.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2017

As we shall see, Aborigines in the climatically most favorable areas of Australia were evolving in a direction that might have eventuated in food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

EDT 17:15 51 min Not a whole lot is coming to pass, eventuating or occurring.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016

Thus the conflict of sentiment raged, eventuating in no action, however, save in the case which we are now about to record.

From Overshadowed A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

That is, it is an attitude of willingness toward the will of God, an act of surrender to the will of God, eventuating in an activity in continuing in the will of God.

From The Church, the Schools and Evolution by J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant

We shall erelong hear still more remarkable illustrations of subconsciously maturing processes eventuating in results of which we suddenly grow conscious.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James

This adjustment ended a transaction that was conceived and executed in folly, and was only prevented from eventuating in crime by the persistent efforts of our most honorable and thoughtful citizens throughout the state.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau

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