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eventual

eventual

75 3.9
Happening at the end after some time
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈvɛn.tʃu.əl/
translation icon : final
  • After months of negotiations, the eventual agreement was celebrated by both parties.
  • eventual success
  • eventual outcome
  • eventual resolution

The grave waits for its eventual dark fall.

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Examples

  • A hemispheric trading agreement could lead to an eventual global trading agreement.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In the back of my mind was our eventual destination.

  • And the reality is, is at some point you will have to get out depending on whatever your eventual goal and your desire is.

  • And I trust by now we all know what the eventual outcome is going to be.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • An early step towards our eventual computing future.

  • Being a member of that body... I, of course, have complete faith in the wisdom of their eventual decision.

  • My blogging led to my arrest and eventual departure from my homeland.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We engineer new forms of humanity here for the eventual betterment of mankind.

  • WIDE ON: Gollum continues leading the Hobbits through the forest to their eventual destination.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • To reduce current Arab-Israeli tensions and promote an eventual clear-cut peace between the Arab states and Israel.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

concluding
vseventual
3.1

At the end of something that finishes it

happens as a final result after time rather than actively closing

Antonyms

599 3.4

Happening at the start of something

How Delayed

final
1.0
eventual
75 3.9
delayed
1 1.3
immediate
570 1.3

Surface Forms

eventual positive
eventualer comparative
eventualest superlative

Morphology

eventual = event (semi-transparent) = event + ual

The adjective is formed from 'event' + '-ual' so the relation to 'event' is clear, but the specific sense 'happening ultimately/as a final result' is not directly predictable from the base for an average learner.

Etymology

Eventual comes from the same root as event, from an old word that meant 'to come out' or 'to happen'. So something eventual is what 'comes out' at the end, the final result after a series of events.