eventuate
10 synonyms for eventuate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To end up happening in a particular way, or to lead to a certain outcome.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To end up happening in a particular way, or to lead to a certain outcome.
“These efforts would eventuate in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, yet another piece of legislation that struck at a principle of the New Deal order.”
Etymology
An American English formation from Latin ēventu(s) (“an event, happening”) plus -ate (a verb-forming suffix), perhaps modelled on actuate.
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