eventuation
eventuation noun: the act of eventuating or happening as a result;.
Noun
eventuation (countable and uncountable, plural eventuations)
- The act of eventuating or happening as a result;
- And yet there is one sense in which the past improves upon the present, for "history" remains its own laboratory of process and eventuation.1978, E. P. P. Thompson, Poverty of Theory, page 48
- The proposition on the left side (if eventuated) would motivate the eventuation of the proposition on the right side.2012, Ephraim Nissan, Computer Applications for Handling Legal Evidence, Police Investigation and Case Argumentation, page 438
- A final result or outcome; an eventual occurrence.
- For the present, at all events, he must content himself with the tangible results he had already obtained; deuputing to some good genius who appeared to be interested in his welfare, the eventuation of his more dazzling hopes.1876, Herman Ludolph Prior, Overmatched
- I feel particularly happy in being able to communicate to you the fortunate eventuation of my expedition to the Tallapoosa .1887, John Robert Irelan, The Republic
Examples of eventuation in a sentence
- To the eventuation there unfolds the uniqueness of the essence of the human being, as that essence is understood with respect to the history of beyng.2013, Martin Heidegger, The Event, page 138:
- Eventuations are terminations (completions) rather than parts of nature's processes.2013, Nicholas Rescher, Process Philosophical Deliberations, page 62:
Forms of eventuation
| plural | eventuations |
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Origin of eventuation
From Latin ēventus (“an event, happening”) + -ation, equivalent to eventuate + -ion.
Questions about eventuation
- What does eventuation mean?
- Eventuation means the act of eventuating or happening as a result;.
- How do you use eventuation in a sentence?
- To the eventuation there unfolds the uniqueness of the essence of the human being, as that essence is understood with respect to the history of beyng.
- What part of speech is eventuation?
- Eventuation is a noun.
- What is the plural of eventuation?
- The plural of eventuation is eventuations.
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