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eventuate

American  
[ih-ven-choo-eyt] / 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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Origin of eventuate

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

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“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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