Dictionary

eventually en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃʊ.li/ (UK)
• /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.li/ (US)
• /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/ (US)
• /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/ (UK)
• /ɪˈvɛn.tjʊ.li/ (UK)
• /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.li/ (US)
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Etymology

From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
   • Everyone's true colors will be revealed eventually.
   • It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush. 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
   • President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement. 2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN:
   • Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars. 1955 January 14, Charles E. Lee, “The Glasgow Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
   • She didn't arrive. Eventually, we started without her.
   • He hopes eventually to attend nursing school.
2. (not-comparable, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
   • Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.
3. (not-comparable, proscribed, qualifier:non-native speakers' English) Possibly, potentially, perhaps.
   • I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.

Antonyms

soon · promptly · immediately

Hypernyms

subsequently

Hyponyms

finally · just in time

Relateds

one day · frequently · sooner or later · sometime · some day · at leisure

Synonyms

at long last · sooner or later · at length · in time · yet · ultimately · in due time · in due course · in the long term · by and by · finally · eventually · in the fullness of time · in the long run · in the end · at last (sense, in the end)

Translations (94)

af ten slotte (in the end) · mi nāwai (in the end) · ia al fin (in the end) · pt no final das contas (in the end) · yue 始終 /始终 (in the end) · sv till slut (in the end) · yue 終於 /终于 (in the end) · de schließlich (in the end) · it alla fine (in the end) · ru в конце́ концо́в (in the end) · cmn 始終 /始终 (in the end) · fr finalement (in the end) · pl ostatecznie (in the end) · mi nāwai rā (in the end) · yue 最後 /最后 (in the end) · eo fine (in the end) · no omsider (in the end) · da langt om længe (in the end) · cmn 終究 /终究 (in the end) · pt finalmente (in the end) · yue 終須 /终须 (in the end) · nb langt om lenge (in the end) · id akhirnya (in the end) · sh na koncu (in the end) · ja 最終的に (in the end) · it infine (in the end) · pl wreszcie (in the end) · fr à terme (in the end) · cmn 終歸 /终归 (in the end) · ro la urma urmei (in the end) · sh na kraju (in the end) · nb til slutt (in the end) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (in the end) · nn til slutt (in the end) · uk зре́штою (in the end) · ia finalmente (in the end) · la tandem (in the end) · cmn 終於 /终于 (in the end) · id pada akhirnya (in the end) · gd aig a' cheann thall (in the end) · srn te fu kaba (in the end) · da omsider (in the end) · ja ついに (in the end) · vi cuối cùng (in the end) · sv långt om länge (in the end) · ru в коне́чном счёте (in the end) · es con el tiempo (in the end) · fr finir par (in the end) · fi viimeinkin (in the end) · mk на кра́јот (in the end) · sh eventualno (in the end) · ro în fine (in the end) · sv så småningom (in the end) · ja 結局 (in the end) · tr sonunda (in the end) · grc χρόνῳ (in the end) · da i sidste instans (in the end) · es al final (in the end) · bg накра́я (in the end) · sv till sist (in the end) · sv slutligen (in the end) · ang æt nīehstan (in the end) · cs nakonec (in the end) · sh konačno (in the end) · nb etter hvert (in the end) · pl w końcu (in the end) · io tandem (in the end) · ja とうとう (in the end) · hu végül (in the end) · da til sidst (in the end) · ca finalment (in the end) · mi tāria te wā (in the end) · de letztendlich (in the end) · et viimaks (in the end) · ro în cele din urmă (in the end) · ja やっと (in the end) · ar فِي اَلْآخِرْ (in the end) · nl uiteindelijk (in the end) · af uiteindelik (in the end) · cmn 最後 /最后 (in the end) · sv omsider (in the end) · pt enfim (in the end) · fi lopulta (in the end) · cs konečně (in the end) · ko 결국 (in the end) · el τελικά (in the end) · et lõpuks (in the end) · es a la larga (in the end) · ar أَخِيرًا (in the end) · fr à la fin (in the end) · da med tiden (in the end) · ru в ито́ге (in the end) · hu végül is (in the end) · es finalmente (in the end)