eventuality

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˌvɛntʃuˈælɪti/ UK /ɪˌvɛntʃuˈælɪti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a possible event or outcome, especially an unwelcome one

The plan accounted for every eventuality, including bad weather.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a possible event or... possibility contingency outcome occurrence circumstance probability

Opposites

certainty impossibility

Word family

Related forms event eventual eventuallyeventuate

Etymology

From French éventualité, from éventuel 'eventual', from Latin eventus 'occurrence, outcome', from evenire 'to come out, happen', from e- 'out' + venire 'to come'.

eventus Latin evenire Latin venire Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# eventuality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˌvɛntʃuˈælɪti/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˌvɛntʃuˈælɪti/

## Meanings
1. a possible event or outcome, especially an unwelcome one

## Examples
- The plan accounted for every eventuality, including bad weather.

## Synonyms
- possibility
- contingency
- outcome
- occurrence
- circumstance
- probability

## Antonyms
- certainty
- impossibility

## Related Forms
- event
- eventual
- eventually
- eventuate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eventus
- Root: evenire
- Root: venire

## Etymology
From French éventualité, from éventuel 'eventual', from Latin eventus 'occurrence, outcome', from evenire 'to come out, happen', from e- 'out' + venire 'to come'.

## AI Etymology
Eventuality comes from French éventualité, from éventuel 'eventual', from Latin eventus 'occurrence, outcome', from evenire 'to come out, happen', from e- 'out' + venire 'to come'. The etymological trail includes Latin eventus, Latin evenire, and Latin venire. As a noun, eventuality names a possible event or outcome, especially an unwelcome one. The same family is visible in related forms such as event, eventual, eventually, and eventuate. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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