Complete Definition of "eventuate"

English

Verb
en-verb|eventuates|eventuated|eventuating (intransitive)

  1. To come out finally or in conclusion
  2. To come to pass
  3. To result in (an event or events)
  4. To have a (final) issue
  5. To conclude in an issue

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
From the Latin eventu(s), event + -ate

Quotations
1847, w:Karl Marx|Karl Marx (Writing in the w:chartist|chartist newspaper w:Northern Star (chartist newspaper)|Northern Star), Marx Engels Collected Works Volume 6, 290
2004, w:Koila Nailatikau|Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau, w:Fiji|Fiji Senate Speech, 22 October 2004,

References
R:Webster 1913

Category:English intransitive verbs

io:eventuate
it:eventuate
vi:eventuate

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