eventuate
American
[ih-ven-choo-eyt]
/ ɪˈvɛn tʃuˌeɪt /
verb (used without object)
eventuates,
present (3rd person singular)
eventuated,
past participle, past
eventuating
present participle
-
to have issue; result.
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to be the issue or outcome; come about.
eventuate
British
/ ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt /
verb
-
(often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)
-
to come about as a result
famine eventuated from the crop failure
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have eventuatedperfect
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has eventuatedperfect 3rd person singular
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has been eventuatingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been eventuatingperfect progressive
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are eventuatingprogressive
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eventuatessingular 3rd person
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is eventuatingprogressive 3rd person singular
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am eventuatingprogressive 1st person singular
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eventuatingparticiple
Past
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had eventuatedperfect
-
was eventuatingprogressive singular
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had been eventuatingperfect progressive
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eventuatedsimple
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were eventuatingprogressive plural
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eventuatedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of eventuate
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