"eventual" meaning in English

See eventual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/ [General-American], /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃəl/ [General-American], /ə-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eventual.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From event + -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual, Swedish eventuell. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{af|en|event|-ual}} event + -ual, {{cog|fr|éventuel}} French éventuel, {{cog|de|eventuell}} German eventuell, {{cog|fr|éventuel}} French éventuel, {{cog|it|eventuale}} Italian eventuale, {{cog|es|eventual}} Spanish eventual, {{cog|sv|eventuell}} Swedish eventuell Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} eventual (not comparable)
  1. Finally resulting or occurring (after a period of time); inevitable. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Translations (finally resulting): неизбежен (neizbežen) (Bulgarian), finalmente (Portuguese), inevitable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eventual-en-adj-jFNXthwW Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ual Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ual: 63 22 15 Disambiguation of 'finally resulting': 91 4 5
  2. Pertaining to events; event-related, evential. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to events): евентуален (eventualen) (Bulgarian), възможен (vǎzmožen) (Bulgarian), eventualmente (Portuguese), eventual (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eventual-en-adj-e76LbhsM Disambiguation of 'pertaining to events': 4 95 1
  3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential. Tags: not-comparable, proscribed Categories (place): European Union
    Sense id: en-eventual-en-adj-eUs55aP1 Categories (other): Non-native speakers' English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soon-to-be

Download JSON data for eventual meaning in English (4.9kB)

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