Search Result for "eventual":
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." --Cooper. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. --Marshall. [1913 Webster]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
