Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating;
- Example: "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"- Example: "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eventual
adj 1: 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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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