eventuationn.
/ᵻˌvɛn(t)ʃʊˈeɪʃn/, /ᵻˌvɛntjʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈweɪʃən/, /iˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈweɪʃən/ 1. The action or fact of coming about; occurrence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurring or happening
chance1297
befallingc1374
betidingc1374
occasionc1390
happening1431
turna1475
event1601
cadence1603
turning up1628
eveniencya1646
cadency1647
coming1651
occurrence1725
eventuation1728
encounter1870
occurrency1920
1728 N. Markwick Calculation LXX Weeks Daniel i. 30 These 70 Weeks are determined..for the Eventuation of such and such Things in their Order.
1817 Analectic Mag. Jan. 21 Were it possible for our understanding to be perfectly acquainted with the true causes of things, without possessing..any clear idea of the order which nature has established to regulate their eventuation, [etc.].
1876 Overmatched II. xii. 196 Deputing to some good genius..the eventuation of his more dazzling hopes.
1932 Economist 13 Feb. 351/1 The international repercussions of such a policy would be so harmful that its eventuation, we trust, is unlikely.
2014 Sci. Fiction Stud. 41 121 It is a genre that frequently occupies the space between anticipation and eventuation.
2. An outcome, a result.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun]
proofc1330
worka1382
workinga1382
consequentc1386
effectc1390
processa1400
consequencec1400
sequel1477
efficacea1492
operation1525
branch1526
efficacy1549
trial1559
ensuing1561
repercussion1603
success1606
productiona1610
salutation1609
succeedinga1616
pursuancea1626
spawna1631
income1635
result1638
importance1645
consequency1651
product1651
causal1652
causate1656
consectary1659
propter hoc1671
inference1673
corollary1674
resultment1683
produce1698
recussion1754
development1803
suitea1806
eventuation1813
sequent1838
sequence1853
causatum1879
sequela1883
ramification1925
1813 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 July Such an eventuation of this case as will preserve and purify our maritime and commercial reputation.
1871 W. Whitman Democratic Vistas 28 The nominations and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close... Of these..the eventuations I know not; but well I know that behind them, and whatever their eventuations, the really vital things remain safe and certain.
1997 Med. Anthropol. Q. 11 38 Death as a possible eventuation of sickness or traumatic injuries is an expected possibility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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