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US
/əˈvɛntʃuəɫ, iˈvɛntʃuəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɪvˈɛntʃuːəl/ ]
[ UK /ɪvˈɛntʃuːəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating
if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market
hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue
How To Use eventual In A Sentence
- The world will eventually reabsorb these problems, long before they come to our shores. Times, Sunday Times
- You can do a lot of that from our facility, but eventually a mobile system to inspect parts on wing is where we are going to be positioned.
- The Subaru then veered across the road and hit a telegraph pole, eventually becoming lodged between the pole and a tree.
- Businesses and service organizations were losing employees and customers weekly, daily, and eventually hourly.
- The deep grief and guilt of the mother as well as the hatred and home-sickness of the daughter permeate the story and eventually melt away due to the abiding family love.
- Although the majority of slaves lived and died in bondage, the intelligent and enterprising slave lived in the hope of eventually buying his freedom.
- And, three days before Christmas, the Paris daily Le Figaro front-paged the news that Judge van Ruymbeke had notified the Justice Ministry that Cheney might be among those eventually indicted as a result of his investigation.
- He worked as a shelf-stacker and eventually a postman. Times, Sunday Times
- Having had some narrow escapes the priest was eventually arrested as a recusant priest and was tried by revolutionary Court.
- If you overfish the lake eventually there will be no fish left. A big F-ing deal: the distinguishing characteristics of the HCR bill