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单词 eventuality
释义

eventuality

noun

even·​tu·​al·​i·​ty i-ˌven-chə-ˈwa-lə-tē How to pronounce eventuality (audio)
plural eventualities
: a possible event or outcome : possibility

Synonyms

  • capability
  • possibility
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • prospect
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

He planned carefully and was ready for any eventuality. a cure for that form of cancer seems like a certain eventuality—it's just a matter of time
Recent Examples on the Web Practically every eventuality has been thought through. Basemwasef, Robb Report, 28 July 2022 And a more serious disruption could yet come; Greece is the latest country to unveil a contingency plan for that eventuality that would include rolling blackouts in the worst case. David Meyer, Fortune, 25 July 2022 Anyone making investments with an ultimate payoff 10 to 15 years away will rightly be worried about the likely eventuality of a broader system of price controls being in effect by the time their medicine finally hits the market. Craig Garthwaite, STAT, 23 July 2022 In that eventuality, Europe would struggle to fill up its gas storage to comfortable levels before winter. Kim Mackrael, WSJ, 18 July 2022 There have been swings that hinted this was on the horizon, an eventuality Adley Rutschman would soon achieve if fans were patient enough to wait. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022 Goodness is not a constant, and the good fight is not always fought, but there is a strength and a resiliency and an eventuality to vox populi. David Marchese, New York Times, 10 June 2022 Perhaps planning for this eventuality, AIM’s creators had made the program intentionally difficult to remove. Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2022 But this view has at least one major shortcoming; other than in the simplest of contracts, code cannot necessarily account for every eventuality. John Quinn, Forbes, 17 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

eventuality

noun

1
as in possibility
something that can develop or become actual a cure for that form of cancer seems like a certain eventuality—it's just a matter of time

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • possibility
  • potential
  • prospect
  • potentiality
  • likelihood
  • probability
  • capability
  • potency
  • latency

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reality
  • actuality
  • certainty
2
as in event
something that might happen a full-force hurricane on the day of the picnic was one eventuality that we hadn't planned on

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • possibility
  • event
  • case
  • contingency
  • contingent
  • contingence
  • probability
  • accident
  • risk
  • hazard
  • chance
  • hap
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