eventuate
verb (used without object)
to have issue; result.
have eventuated
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present perfectof eventuate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As we shall see, Aborigines in the climatically most favorable areas of Australia were evolving in a direction that might have eventuated in food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
High ideals and beautiful enthusiasms attain their end only when they have eventuated in worthy deeds.
From How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by George Herbert Betts
These things have eventuated to-night in the irresistible desire to chat with you by the fire before turning in.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
If they had understood the situation in Palestine and Syria, how differently this war might have eventuated!
From With the Turks in Palestine by Alexander Aaronsohn
It is hard to tell what this singular captivity of Elwood Brandon's would have eventuated in had not an unexpected diversion occurred in his favor.
From Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys by Edward Sylvester Ellis
