eventuate

eventuate

verb

1. come out in the end
   derivationally related form

   • consequenceeffectoutcomeresulteventissueupshot

2. hypernym

   • turn outcome out

e·ven·tu·ate | əˈven(t)SHəˌwāt |

verb [no object] mainly formal

occur as a result: you never know what might eventuate.

**• **(eventuate in) lead to as a result: circumstances that eventuate in crime.

DERIVATIVES

**eventuation **| iˌvenCHo͞oˈāSHən | noun

ORIGIN

late 17th century (in the sense 'bring about'): from event, perhaps on the pattern of actuate.

Thesaurus

verb rare

**1 **you never know what might eventuate: happen, occur, take place, chance to happen, arise, emerge, come about, transpire, materialize, appear, surface, crop up, spring up, present itself; ensue, follow, result, develop, supervene, be the result, be the consequence; _North American informal _go down; _literary _come to pass, befall, betide, bechance; _archaic _hap, arrive.

**2 **the fight eventuated in the death of Mr. Gonzales: result in, end in, have as a result, have as a consequence, lead to, give rise to, bring about, cause.