Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To result ultimately.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To culminate; close; terminate: as, the agitation against slavery eventuated in civil war.
- To fall out; happen; come to pass; result as an event or a consequence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb come out in the end
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Examples
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Damage that takes twenty to forty years to eventuate is notoriously hard to evaluate, anyway, and it is easy to dismiss, say, a cancer or an immune system failure that occurs in some retired sailer thirty years away from his one week participation in some nuclear test in the South pacific.
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The original plan to give the hoops to Second Harvest did not eventuate and for a while I was left with amazing hoops on my balcony waiting for some children to play with them.
Hooping.org | Blog | Peace Boat Spreads World Hoop Day Love 2009
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I would add to that concern the troubles that eventuate, as in the case of medical care, when government presumes to decide purchasing preferences -- to choose product winners or dictate consumer consumption patterns.
Gary Puckrein: The Democratization of Health Care:The Case Against Individual Retail Transactions Gary Puckrein 2012
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I would add to that concern the troubles that eventuate, as in the case of medical care, when government presumes to decide purchasing preferences -- to choose product winners or dictate consumer consumption patterns.
Gary Puckrein: The Democratization of Health Care:The Case Against Individual Retail Transactions Gary Puckrein 2012
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While some investors are buying gold to hedge against inflation, which is likely to eventuate from another round of stimulus, others are worried the U.S. economy will slip into recession without such help and are purchasing gold to hedge against possible losses in other assets.
Gold Vaults to New Record, Just Shy of $1,900 Tatyana Shumsky 2011
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Besides, added the president, the ongoing hostilities between Mexico and Texas threatened to weaken both to such an extent as to invite foreign powers into the region, which could “eventuate in the most serious injury to the United States.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Besides, added the president, the ongoing hostilities between Mexico and Texas threatened to weaken both to such an extent as to invite foreign powers into the region, which could “eventuate in the most serious injury to the United States.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Citi estimates that should a deal eventuate, potash would account for around 10% of BHP's annual earnings, making a larger contribution than aluminium and thermal coal, but still well behind the nearly 80% of earnings generated across its carbon steel, petroleum and base metal divisions.
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I think digital radio will eventuate itself in the future.
Digital radio for Australia even further away | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Maybe a physical reunion may eventuate if the island has gone back in time.
Telofy commented on the word eventuate
What We Must Do In the Meantime: A Defense of Noam Chomsky (2:41 and 7:15)
July 21, 2010