"eventuality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˌvɛntjuˈælɪti/, /ɪˌvɛnt͡ʃuˈælɪti/ Forms: eventualities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: Calque of French éventualité, eventual + -ity Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{cal|en|fr|éventualité}} Calque of French éventualité, {{suffix|en|eventual|ity}} eventual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eventuality (countable and uncountable, plural eventualities)
  1. A possible event; something that may happen. [from 19th c.] Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: contingency, possibility Translations (possible event — see also contingency): éventualité (French), Eventualität [feminine] (German), eshetőség (Hungarian), eventualità [feminine] (Italian), Mäajlichkjeit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), eventualitate [feminine] (Romanian), eventualidad [feminine] (Spanish), eventualitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-eventuality-en-noun-UBrtciJ1 Disambiguation of 'possible event — see also contingency': 62 38
  2. (obsolete, phrenology) An individual's propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts. [from 19th c.] Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Phrenology
    Sense id: en-eventuality-en-noun-Rro1H6ex Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 89 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, phrenology, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eventualize

Inflected forms

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