eventuate

[ ih-ven-choo-eyt ]

verb (used without object)

, e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.

1. to have issue; result.
2. to be the issue or outcome; come about.

eventuate

/ ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt /

verb

1. often foll by in to result ultimately (in)
2. to come about as a result

   famine eventuated from the crop failure

Derived Forms

• eˌventuˈation, noun

Other Words From

• e·ventu·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of eventuate¹

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

Example Sentences

I don’t know that this has ever eventuated in the history of the music industry.

From Washington Post

"Rice and fish will soon honorably eventuate," Um assured him as she went back, smiling, into the kitchen.

From Project Gutenberg

If, however, the event depended on one single engagement, it would eventuate with glory to the American arms.

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Under that law large profits may eventuate through the bidding up of prices by anxious buyers.

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There are only a certain number of situations that can eventuate and they are quite capable of tabulation.

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But before all these romantically streamlined things eventuate there must be a hiatus.

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