eventuate

[ ih-ven-choo-eyt ]

/ ɪˈvɛn tʃuˌeɪt /

verb (used without object), e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.

to have issue; result.

to be the issue or outcome; come about.

Words nearby eventuate

eventration, eventration of diaphragm, eventual, eventuality, eventually, eventuate, eventus, ever, ever and again, everbearing, everblooming

Origin of eventuate

1780–90; Americanism; < Latin ēventu(s) event + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM eventuate

e·ven·tu·a·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for eventuated

Something in the universe has eventuated in man, and something has profited by his ameliorations.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
In the sequel Mrs. Brownrigg eventuated, in the place of Miss Caldecott.
It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan
His mission in France, which opened so splendidly, eventuated in little.
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon|J.A. Froude
These things have eventuated to-night in the irresistible desire to chat with you by the fire before turning in.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry James

Amerigo was not given a college education, but something—as it eventuated—vastly better.
Amerigo Vespucci|Frederick A. Ober

British Dictionary definitions for eventuated

eventuate

/ (ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt) /

verb (intr)

(often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)

to come about as a resultfamine eventuated from the crop failure

Derived forms of eventuate

eventuation, noun

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eventuate

verb (used without object), e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.

Words related to eventuate

Words nearby eventuate

Origin of eventuate

OTHER WORDS FROM eventuate

Examples from the Web for eventuated

British Dictionary definitions for eventuated

verb (intr)

Derived forms of eventuate