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   eventuate

   /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. occur as a result: formal "you never know what might eventuate" Similar happenoccurtake placechance to happenariseemergecome abouttranspirematerializeappearsurfacecrop upspring uppresent itselfensuefollowresultdevelopsupervenebe the resultbe the consequenceinformal:go downliterary:come to passbefallbetidebechancearchaic:haparriveresult inend inhave as a resulthave as a consequencelead togive rise tobring aboutcause
   • ▪ lead to as a result: formal "circumstances that eventuate in crime"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. eventuation noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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