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
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Example Sentences
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Waste manager Cleanaway, telecommunications operator Telstra and pipeline operator APA also figure among their nominated stocks should a stagflation scenario eventuate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
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
For that reason, if meeting a ransomware demand did eventuate in the data being released, Coroneos said improving cyber security practices was of the utmost priority.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2017
Madame is seated by the drawing-room fire, engaged upon some mysterious wool-work, which may eventuate in a cigar-case, slippers, a banner fire-screen, or a pair of fancy-pattern'd braces for the Signor.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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