Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eventually

/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables: even-tu-al-ly
IPA: /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.

adv

For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.

adv

Possibly, potentially, perhaps.

Example Sentences

"Everyone's true colors will be revealed eventually."
"She didn't arrive. Eventually, we started without her."
"He hopes eventually to attend nursing school."
"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: *gʷem-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/
British English: /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/

Phrases

one day some day sooner or later at leisure

Frequently Paired Words

frequently one day some day sooner or later at leisure sometime

Synonyms

at last finally yet ultimately in the end at length at long last by and by eventually in due course in due time in time

Antonyms

immediately promptly soon

Questions

How do you pronounce eventually?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/.
What does eventually mean?: In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
Where does eventually come from?: From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.

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