eventually
UK/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li//ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/
eventually adverb: in the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
Adverb
eventually (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.
- She didn't arrive. Eventually, we started without her.
- Synonyms:
- at last
- For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
- Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.
- Possibly, potentially, perhaps.
- I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.
eventually meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
eventually in Tamil
- முடிவாக, கடைசியில்
eventually in Urdu
- آخرکار, قطعاً
eventually in Bengali
- অবশেষে
eventually in Malayalam
- ഒടുവിൽ, അവസാനമായി, തത്ഫലമായി
More languagesFewer languages
- eventually in Kannada
- ಕಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ, ಕಟ್ಟಕಡೆಗೆ
- eventually in Arabic
- أَخِيرًا ʔaḵīran, فِي اَلْآخِرْ fī l-ʔāḵir
- eventually in Indonesian
- akhirnya, pada akhirnya
- eventually in Vietnamese
- cuối cùng
Examples of eventually in a sentence
- He hopes eventually to attend nursing school.
- 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:
Synonyms of eventually
- at last
- finally
- yet
- ultimately
- in the end
- at length
- at long last
- by and by
- in due course
- in due time
5 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- in time
- in the fullness of time
- in the long run
- in the long term
- sooner or later
Antonyms
Origin of eventually
From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.
Questions about eventually
- What does eventually mean?
- Eventually means in the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
- What is eventually in Tamil?
- Eventually in Tamil is முடிவாக, கடைசியில். See Eventually meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use eventually in a sentence?
- He hopes eventually to attend nursing school.
- What part of speech is eventually?
- Eventually is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce eventually?
- Eventually is pronounced /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/ (UK).
Words near eventually in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eventually (page history and authors); eventually (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eventually (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eventually (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eventually (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eventually (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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