eventuate

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪˈvɛntjuːeɪt/(UK)
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/ɪˈvɛntjuːeɪt/(UK) · /ɪˈvɛntʃuːeɪt/(UK)

Definition of eventuate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in.
    “Is that to say we are against Free Trade? No, we are for Free Trade, because by Free Trade all economical laws, with their most astounding contradictions, will act upon a larger scale, upon the territory of the whole earth; and because from the uniting of all these contradictions in a single group, where they will stand face to face, will result the struggle which will itself eventuate in the empancipation of the proletariat.”
    “Enoch Powell appeared to insult the memory of Dr. King by making a speech warning that “colored” immigration to Britain would eventuate in bloodshed.”
    “These efforts would eventuate in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, yet another piece of legislation that struck at a principle of the New Deal order.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in.
    “Is that to say we are against Free Trade? No, we are for Free Trade, because by Free Trade all economical laws, with their most astounding contradictions, will act upon a larger scale, upon the territory of the whole earth; and because from the uniting of all these contradictions in a single group, where they will stand face to face, will result the struggle which will itself eventuate in the empancipation of the proletariat.”
    “Enoch Powell appeared to insult the memory of Dr. King by making a speech warning that “colored” immigration to Britain would eventuate in bloodshed.”
    “These efforts would eventuate in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, yet another piece of legislation that struck at a principle of the New Deal order.”
  2. (intransitive)To happen as a result; to come about.
    “Reconciliation cannot eventuate or materialise until the proper legal procedures have been followed, that is without interference from external forces.”

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Etymology

American English, from Latin ēventu(s) (“an event, happening”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perhaps modeled after actuate.

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