to eventuate
- verb
- /ɪˈvɛntʃueɪt/
- Formal
- The exclusion of female candidates could see a resurgence in calls for special seats for women, but this had not eventuated by the year's end.
- process that eventuates
I feel this is going to eventuate in something positive.
- I feel this is going to eventuate in something positive.
- The quote, Wheels on the Bus comment was from when we were discussing songs to play on a road trip that never eventuated.
Examples
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The negotiations were tense, but they ultimately eventuated in a successful agreement.
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I feel this is going to eventuate in something positive.
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But professional activities eventuate in action, and rather serious action when it comes to medicine.
Academic text (1994) -
However, this did not eventuate.
Academic text (2005) -
The plot eventuates in a final emblematic scene in Death Valley.
Academic text (2016) -
And that tidal wave of public concern and anger, really, eventuated in the formation of the House Select Committee.
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I watched as a libel case was brought against one of his books in 1990, eventuating in its removal from college and university libraries.
Academic text (2000) -
The program has been implemented extensively, eventuating in the removal of nearly all of the nation's best-trained individuals from research, administrative, and supervisory positions.
Academic text (1995) -
Meanwhile, the administration's "smart" diplomatic efforts in the Middle East have eventuated not in the clearly intended isolation of Israel, but rather in a confused retreat by the administration from its once-strident effort to impose that policy of isolation.
Academic text (2010) -
During a year-long visit to the United States, Hayek had become particularly interested in the relation between bank credit and the business cycle, and this interest eventuated in 1927 in Hayek's being appointed director of the newly created Institute for Business Cycle Research.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
To take place, often by chance and without planning
To happen because of something and lead to an outcome
Happen without being planned or expected
To happen, often by chance or without planning
Happen as a result of something
To become known, usually about facts or events
Reach a final high point that ends with a specific result
Happen because of something
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eventuate comes from the same root as event, from the Latin root venire meaning 'to come'. So to eventuate is to 'come out' as a result or to happen in the end.