Eventual

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eventual \E*ven"tu*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]ventiel. See {Event}.]
     1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result;
        consequential. --Burke.
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     2. Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." --Cooper.


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     3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. --Marshall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eventual
       adj : expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes
             already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate)
             rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable
             to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
             [syn: {eventual(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "eventual":
     anticipated, closing, concluding, consequent, destined, due,
     ending, endmost, ensuing, expected, final, foreordained, hindmost,
     ineluctable, inevitable, lag, last, latest, latter, likely,
     predestined, preordained, probable, resultant, resulting,
     succeeding, terminal, ultimate, unavoidable