eventuate
Americanverb (used without object)
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to have issue; result.
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to be the issue or outcome; come about.
verb
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(often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)
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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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eventuatingparticiple
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am eventuatingprogressive 1st person singular
Past
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had eventuatedperfect
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was eventuatingprogressive singular
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eventuatedsimple
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eventuatedparticiple
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had been eventuatingperfect progressive
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were eventuatingprogressive plural
Future
Etymology
Origin of eventuate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Our key view remains that the market is more than generous on mine life extensions for SFR and that these may not eventuate despite higher copper prices.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Joshi said venture capitalists eschewed military projects because of long lead times and the risk that orders may not eventuate.
From Reuters • Aug. 8, 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
These stories eventuate a better kind of amusement — not indulgence, but the sometimes discomfiting pleasure of being dazzled.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
These are changes which eventuate in new social organizations and institutions.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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