eventuate

[ ih-ven-choo-eyt ]
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verb (used without object),e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.
  1. to have issue; result.

  2. to be the issue or outcome; come about.

Origin of eventuate

1
1780–90; Americanism;<Latin ēventu(s) event + -ate1

Other words from eventuate

  • e·ven·tu·a·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for eventuate

eventuate

/ (ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt) /


verb(intr)
  1. (often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)

  2. to come about as a result: famine eventuated from the crop failure

Derived forms of eventuate

  • eventuation, noun

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