Eventual Definition

ĭ-vĕncho͝o-əl
adjective
Occurring at an unspecified time in the future.
His eventual failure.
American Heritage
Contingent or possible.
Webster's New World
Happening at the end of, or as a result of, a series of events; ultimate; final.
Eventual success.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to events.

Wiktionary

Inevitable.

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Origin of Eventual

  • French éventuel from Latin ēventus outcome event

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French éventuel, from Middle French event

    From Wiktionary

Eventual Sentence Examples

  • His eventual success in France seemed certain.

  • It also secured the eventual triumph of constitutional independence.

  • In 1128 he was preparing to return to the East, when he received an embassy from Baldwin II., king of Jerusalem, who had no male heir to succeed him, offering his daughter Melisinda in marriage, with the right of eventual succession to the kingdom.

  • Frustratingly, more rain immediately fell and it was this final cloudburst that condemned the meeting to eventual cancelation.

  • The patient may take an iodine capsule daily for several weeks, resulting in the eventual shrinkage of the thyroid, reduced hormone production, and a return to normal blood levels.

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