eventuate
verb (used without object)
to have issue; result.
eventuating
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present participleof eventuate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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EDT 17:15 51 min Not a whole lot is coming to pass, eventuating or occurring.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
The eventuating disintegration of all polities in the ensuing moral vacuum was complete.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
This adjustment ended a transaction that was conceived and executed in folly, and was only prevented from eventuating in crime by the persistent efforts of our most honorable and thoughtful citizens throughout the state.
From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau
That is, it is an attitude of willingness toward the will of God, an act of surrender to the will of God, eventuating in an activity in continuing in the will of God.
From The Church, the Schools and Evolution by J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant
If the psychological moment in someone's affairs was eventuating, something for which she had long planned the dénouement.
From Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford
