eventualadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/,

/ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/əˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əl/,

/iˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əl/

Forms: 1600s euentuall, 1600s–1700s eventuall, 1600s– eventual.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: event n., -ual suffix.

Etymology: < event n. + -ual suffix, perhaps after actual adj.Compare post-classical Latin eventualis contingent, conditional (1540 or earlier).

†a. Of the nature of a result; consequential. Obsolete.Distinguished from sense 1b in there being no emphasis on the fact that a period of time has elapsed before the result.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective]

corollaryc1449

consequent1509

resulting?a1560

sequent1575

pursuant1593

following1594

ensuing1604

eventual1607

attendant1617

emergentc1619

resultant1639

resultative1645

consecutive1647

reflexed1653

redundant1654

reflex1654

consequential1655

resultive1655

attending1682

propter hoc1889

ensuant1897

sequential1899

pursuivant1941

1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 4 Euentuall or effectiue, of which commeth enuie, strife, raylings, euill surmises.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xvii. 162 The Certainty of the Prescience is not antecedent or causal, but subsequent and eventual.

1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision Notes 45 Was it any Impeachment of the Divine Providence, that Innocent Man shou'd be left to himself, and to the Suggestions and Eventual Conquest of the Prince of Darkness?

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Eventual, happening in consequence of anything; consequential.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 134 Eventual vexation to persons liable to be called upon to serve in the capacity of special jurors.

1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 124 An aggression on the rights of industry, and an eventual injury to all concerned.

b. In attributive use. Occurring or existing at the end of a process or period of time; ultimately resulting.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > ultimately resulting

ultimate1777

eventual1795

eventful1822

1795 W. Belsham Mem. Reign George III IV. 360 The adoption of a middle and moderate plan, such as would reconcile the interests of the West India Islands with the eventual abolition of the trade.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 59 The silent decay and eventual overthrow of her natural defences.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. x. 618 As society advances, the eventual cessation of all such attempts is certain.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 437 Gradually moulded into their eventual form.

1943 H. Abend My Life in China vi. 56 For years the duke planned on an eventual return to Germany.

1973 Country Life 15 Feb. 384/3 Nine dogs were kept for final judgement—the bedlington, the cairn, the dandie dinmont, the Welsh, the Norwich, the Scottie, the wire-haired fox terrier, the Border terrier and the eventual winner the Kerry blue terrier.

2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 22/1 The concept of entropy, which both underwrites human life and also guarantees its eventual extinction.

2. Of or relating to events or occurrences; consisting of events; of the nature of an event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective]

eventual1614

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket 233 Repentance is not in God..but is in respect of the euentuall fruit; when hee destroyes that world of people, hee had made.

1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More Pref. sig. b4 The true Authentick eventual measure to compute the fulfilling of the Medial-Visions by.

1766 D. Turner Lett. Relig. & Moral xii. 165 We seldom find the prophetic descriptions and the eventual facts so answer to each other, as to leave no room at all for the exercise of the mind.

1916 Moving Picture World 9 Sept. 1707/1 During that eventual week Violet Mersereau will be seen in ‘The Narrow Path’.

2000 L. N. de Looze in D. B. Mahoney Grail vi. 256 Eventual episodes correspond roughly to what medieval romances typically call ‘adventures’.

a. That will arise or take place under certain circumstances or in a particular eventuality; contingent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > that will arise in a particular contingency

eventual1645

1645 A. R. tr. D. Pareus Theol. Misc. in H. Parry tr. Z. Ursinus Summe of Christian Relig. (new ed.) 825 While they think to overthrow the Apostolicall Predestination,..they go about to bring in their own eventuall predestination [L. praedestinationem eventualem], of those that spontaneously beleeve and persevere.

1654 J. Humfrey Rejoynder to Mr. Drake 172 The Sacrament..confirmes faith improperly, and consequently onely, to wit, it encreases it, as other Ordinances doe, in the exercise thereof..which you see is improper and eventual to sealing.

1672 T. Crane Isagoge ad Dei Providentiam iv. 201 We may distinguish Friends into intentional ones, and eventual ones. Joseph's Brethren acted as enemies; and whilst they thus act, they are eventually, as the Lord over-ruleth, his friends.

1719 Daily Courant 7 Jan. Letters Expectative thereof containing the eventual Investiture shall be given to the Sons of the Queen who are to succeed.

1745 Earl of Chesterfield Let. 9 Mar. in Private Corr. Chesterfield & Newcastle 1744–46 (1930) 18 I do not very well see that they can, or that we should desire 'em, specifically to stipulate the number in the field, which from the reason I have mention'd must be eventuall.

1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II I. 86 William aspired to secure to himself the eventual succession to the crown of that kingdom [sc. France], in case that Louis..should die before his father.

1818 tr. A. L. C. Destutt de Tracy Treat. Polit. Econ. 66 The second value of our labour, that of what it produces, is from its nature eventual.

1869 E. O. M. Deutsch in Times 19 Oct. 4/3 The Bishops will not have too much time to prepare their eventual opposition.

1908 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 132 27 Equity has no jurisdiction to restrain a contingent or eventual nuisance.

2013 M. Witmore in H. S. Turner Early Mod. Theatricality xx. 391 The possibility that unforeseen convergences..may be revelatory or conducive to new—because eventual—forms of action.

†b. Of a stipulation: subject to certain conditions or requirements being met; conditional. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective]

conditionalc1380

conditionate1533

conditionated1581

otherwise1602

provisory1611

cautionated1623

provisionala1626

provisive1650

conditioneda1656

subject1662

limitative1682

springing1685

eventual1692

contingent1710

stipulated1766

provisionary1775

conditional1864

mitigated1884

1692 W. Temple Mem. Christendom 323 The Dutch began to talk of finishing an eventual Treaty (as they call'd it) for themselves, as soon as the Acts about Powers were wholly dispatched.

1796 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 98 The consideration of their services should be eventual, and depend on the success of their exertions.

†4. That happens to exist; that has occurred. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing

bornOE

sustaineda1450

beingc1460

essential1535

existent1535

extant1561

existing1578

eventual1752

beënt1865

1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. ix. x. 317 By Pride, I mean, that saucy Passion which exults in every little eventual Pre-eminence over other Men.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. ix. 148 In what manner I should prevent the eventual delay of twenty-four hours from becoming..a source of new calamity.

Compounds

eventual army n. U.S. (now historical) an army that may be raised if required.Only with reference to the army authorized by an act of Congress of 2 March 1799 ‘giving eventual authority to the President of the United States to augment the army’; the act was suspended in 1800.

ΚΠ

1799 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Jan. in B. B. Oberg Papers T. Jefferson (2003) XXX. 665 A bill..authorizing the P. in case of a declaration of war..by any European power, to raise an eventual army of 30. regiments.

1799 J. McHenry Let. 13 Mar. in A. Hamilton Papers (1975) XXII. 530 This is what I have done with the organization and eventual army acts, and shall as soon as they are printed send you some copies.

1864 J. C. Hamilton Hist. Republic U.S.A. (ed. 2) VII. cxlvii. 255 Much opposition to the act for an Eventual army had been shown.

2004 P. D. Newman Fries's Rebellion (2005) 160 Doubtless many of the Eventual Army resented being called from their farms at planting time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eventual
释义	eventualadj. Brit. /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/, /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /əˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əl/, /iˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əl/ Forms: 1600s euentuall, 1600s–1700s eventuall, 1600s– eventual. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: event n., -ual suffix. Etymology: < event n. + -ual suffix, perhaps after actual adj.Compare post-classical Latin eventualis contingent, conditional (1540 or earlier). 1. †a. Of the nature of a result; consequential. Obsolete.Distinguished from sense 1b in there being no emphasis on the fact that a period of time has elapsed before the result. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] corollaryc1449 consequent1509 resulting?a1560 sequent1575 pursuant1593 following1594 ensuing1604 eventual1607 attendant1617 emergentc1619 resultant1639 resultative1645 consecutive1647 reflexed1653 redundant1654 reflex1654 consequential1655 resultive1655 attending1682 propter hoc1889 ensuant1897 sequential1899 pursuivant1941 1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 4 Euentuall or effectiue, of which commeth enuie, strife, raylings, euill surmises. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xvii. 162 The Certainty of the Prescience is not antecedent or causal, but subsequent and eventual. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision Notes 45 Was it any Impeachment of the Divine Providence, that Innocent Man shou'd be left to himself, and to the Suggestions and Eventual Conquest of the Prince of Darkness? 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Eventual, happening in consequence of anything; consequential. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 134 Eventual vexation to persons liable to be called upon to serve in the capacity of special jurors. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 124 An aggression on the rights of industry, and an eventual injury to all concerned. b. In attributive use. Occurring or existing at the end of a process or period of time; ultimately resulting.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > ultimately resulting ultimate1777 eventual1795 eventful1822 1795 W. Belsham Mem. Reign George III IV. 360 The adoption of a middle and moderate plan, such as would reconcile the interests of the West India Islands with the eventual abolition of the trade. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 59 The silent decay and eventual overthrow of her natural defences. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. x. 618 As society advances, the eventual cessation of all such attempts is certain. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 437 Gradually moulded into their eventual form. 1943 H. Abend My Life in China vi. 56 For years the duke planned on an eventual return to Germany. 1973 Country Life 15 Feb. 384/3 Nine dogs were kept for final judgement—the bedlington, the cairn, the dandie dinmont, the Welsh, the Norwich, the Scottie, the wire-haired fox terrier, the Border terrier and the eventual winner the Kerry blue terrier. 2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 22/1 The concept of entropy, which both underwrites human life and also guarantees its eventual extinction. 2. Of or relating to events or occurrences; consisting of events; of the nature of an event. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] eventual1614 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket 233 Repentance is not in God..but is in respect of the euentuall fruit; when hee destroyes that world of people, hee had made. 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More Pref. sig. b4 The true Authentick eventual measure to compute the fulfilling of the Medial-Visions by. 1766 D. Turner Lett. Relig. & Moral xii. 165 We seldom find the prophetic descriptions and the eventual facts so answer to each other, as to leave no room at all for the exercise of the mind. 1916 Moving Picture World 9 Sept. 1707/1 During that eventual week Violet Mersereau will be seen in ‘The Narrow Path’. 2000 L. N. de Looze in D. B. Mahoney Grail vi. 256 Eventual episodes correspond roughly to what medieval romances typically call ‘adventures’. 3. a. That will arise or take place under certain circumstances or in a particular eventuality; contingent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > that will arise in a particular contingency eventual1645 1645 A. R. tr. D. Pareus Theol. Misc. in H. Parry tr. Z. Ursinus Summe of Christian Relig. (new ed.) 825 While they think to overthrow the Apostolicall Predestination,..they go about to bring in their own eventuall predestination [L. praedestinationem eventualem], of those that spontaneously beleeve and persevere. 1654 J. Humfrey Rejoynder to Mr. Drake 172 The Sacrament..confirmes faith improperly, and consequently onely, to wit, it encreases it, as other Ordinances doe, in the exercise thereof..which you see is improper and eventual to sealing. 1672 T. Crane Isagoge ad Dei Providentiam iv. 201 We may distinguish Friends into intentional ones, and eventual ones. Joseph's Brethren acted as enemies; and whilst they thus act, they are eventually, as the Lord over-ruleth, his friends. 1719 Daily Courant 7 Jan. Letters Expectative thereof containing the eventual Investiture shall be given to the Sons of the Queen who are to succeed. 1745 Earl of Chesterfield Let. 9 Mar. in Private Corr. Chesterfield & Newcastle 1744–46 (1930) 18 I do not very well see that they can, or that we should desire 'em, specifically to stipulate the number in the field, which from the reason I have mention'd must be eventuall. 1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II I. 86 William aspired to secure to himself the eventual succession to the crown of that kingdom [sc. France], in case that Louis..should die before his father. 1818 tr. A. L. C. Destutt de Tracy Treat. Polit. Econ. 66 The second value of our labour, that of what it produces, is from its nature eventual. 1869 E. O. M. Deutsch in Times 19 Oct. 4/3 The Bishops will not have too much time to prepare their eventual opposition. 1908 Cases Courts of Appeals Missouri 132 27 Equity has no jurisdiction to restrain a contingent or eventual nuisance. 2013 M. Witmore in H. S. Turner Early Mod. Theatricality xx. 391 The possibility that unforeseen convergences..may be revelatory or conducive to new—because eventual—forms of action. †b. Of a stipulation: subject to certain conditions or requirements being met; conditional. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] conditionalc1380 conditionate1533 conditionated1581 otherwise1602 provisory1611 cautionated1623 provisionala1626 provisive1650 conditioneda1656 subject1662 limitative1682 springing1685 eventual1692 contingent1710 stipulated1766 provisionary1775 conditional1864 mitigated1884 1692 W. Temple Mem. Christendom 323 The Dutch began to talk of finishing an eventual Treaty (as they call'd it) for themselves, as soon as the Acts about Powers were wholly dispatched. 1796 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 98 The consideration of their services should be eventual, and depend on the success of their exertions. †4. That happens to exist; that has occurred. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing bornOE sustaineda1450 beingc1460 essential1535 existent1535 extant1561 existing1578 eventual1752 beënt1865 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. ix. x. 317 By Pride, I mean, that saucy Passion which exults in every little eventual Pre-eminence over other Men. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. ix. 148 In what manner I should prevent the eventual delay of twenty-four hours from becoming..a source of new calamity. Compounds eventual army n. U.S. (now historical) an army that may be raised if required.Only with reference to the army authorized by an act of Congress of 2 March 1799 ‘giving eventual authority to the President of the United States to augment the army’; the act was suspended in 1800. ΚΠ 1799 T. Jefferson Let. 30 Jan. in B. B. Oberg Papers T. Jefferson (2003) XXX. 665 A bill..authorizing the P. in case of a declaration of war..by any European power, to raise an eventual army of 30. regiments. 1799 J. McHenry Let. 13 Mar. in A. Hamilton Papers (1975) XXII. 530 This is what I have done with the organization and eventual army acts, and shall as soon as they are printed send you some copies. 1864 J. C. Hamilton Hist. Republic U.S.A. (ed. 2) VII. cxlvii. 255 Much opposition to the act for an Eventual army had been shown. 2004 P. D. Newman Fries's Rebellion (2005) 160 Doubtless many of the Eventual Army resented being called from their farms at planting time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1607
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