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.

Nearby words

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

Related formse·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 Formseventuation, noun

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eventuate

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

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Origin of eventuate

Examples from the Web for eventuated

British Dictionary definitions for eventuated

eventuate

verb (intr)