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.

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Origin of eventuate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM eventuate

e·ven·tu·a·tion, noun

Words nearby eventuate

eventration, eventration of diaphragm, eventual, eventuality, eventually, eventuate, eventus, ever, ever and again, everbearing, everblooming
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Words related to eventuated

end, terminate, stop, ensue, befall, result, follow, happen, issue, occur

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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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