eventual

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ɪˈvɛntʃʊəl/ 🇺🇸 /əˈvɛntʃuːəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Happening or existing at the end of a process or period of time; ultimate; final.; Possible but not certain; contingent on future circumstances.; Relating to or depending on an event or contingency; conditional.; In philosophy and logic, pertaining to events or occurrences as opposed to states or substances.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

eventual outcomeeventual resulteventual successeventual winnereventual fateeventual goal

Derivatives

eventuallyeventuality

Synonyms

ultimatefinalinevitableconsequentresulting

Antonyms

immediateinitialpreliminary

Commonly confused

possible
EN: In English, 'eventual' means 'happening at the end of a process' (ultimate/final), NOT 'possible' as in French 'éventuel' or Spanish 'eventual'.
potential
EN: 'Potential' refers to something that could happen; 'eventual' refers to what actually happens in the end.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues, but beware of the false-friend meaning: in English 'eventual' means 'ultimate/final', not 'possible' as in many Romance languages.

💬 Examples

  1. The eventual outcome of the negotiations was a peace treaty.

  2. We must prepare for every eventual scenario, including the worst case.

  3. The contract included an eventual clause that would activate only if certain conditions were met.

  4. The philosopher argued for an eventual ontology over a substance-based metaphysics.