eventual
pronunciation
How to pronounce eventual in British English:
UK [ɪˈventʃuəl]
How to pronounce eventual in American English:
US [ɪˈventʃuəl]
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- Adjective:
- expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating
Word Origin
- eventual (adj.)
- 1610s, "pertaining to events," from French éventuel, from Latin event-, stem of evenire (see event). Meaning "ultimately resulting" is by 1823.
Example
- 1. Others may simply be more pessimistic about an eventual recovery .
- 2. Tokyo is the eventual winner .
- 3. In 29 of these episodes there was no eventual default .
- 4. But the eventual cost to the public purse is unknown and potentially huge .
- 5. But the eventual success of the blu-ray format saw microsoft abandon all interest in the platform .