eventually

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) eventual +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ.ˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/, /ɪ.ˈvɛn.t͡ʃʊ.li/, /ɪ.ˈvɛn.tjʊ.li/
• IPA^(key): /ɪ.ˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/, /ɪ.ˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.li/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

eventually (not comparable)

1. 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.

   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

     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.

2. (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term.

   Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.

Synonyms

• at last
• finally
• yet
• ultimately
• in the end

Translations

in the end

• Afrikaans: uiteindelik (af), ten slotte
• Bulgarian: накра́я (bg) (nakrája)
• Catalan: finalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 最後／最后 (zh) (ceoi3 hau6), 終於／终于 (zh) (ci2 zung1), 始終／始终 (zh) (ci2 zung1), 終須／终须 (zh) (zung1 seoi1)

  Mandarin: 最後／最后 (zh) (zuìhòu), 最后 (zh) (zuìhòu), 終於／终于 (zh) (zhōngyú), 终于 (zh) (zhōngyú) (used in the present), 終究／终究 (zh) (zhōngjiū), 终究 (zh) (zhōngjiǔ), 終歸／终归 (zh) (zhōngguī), 终归 (zh) (zhōngguī), 始終／始终 (zh) (shǐzhōng), 始终 (zh) (shǐzhōng)

• Czech: konečně (cs), nakonec (cs)
• Danish: til sidst, omsider, i sidste instans, med tiden, langt om længe
• Dutch: uiteindelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: fine (eo)
• Finnish: lopulta (fi), viimeinkin
• French: finalement (fr), à terme (fr), à la fin (fr)
• German: schließlich (de), letztendlich (de)
• Ido: tandem (io)
• Indonesian: akhirnya (id), pada akhirnya
• Interlingua: finalmente, al fin
• Italian: alla fine, infine (it)
• Japanese: とうとう (tōtō), 結局 (けっきょく, kekkyoku), ついに (ja) (tsui-ni), 最終的に (ja) (さいしゅうてきに, saishūteki ni), やっと (yatto)
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• Korean: 결국 (ko) (gyeolguk) (結局 (ko))
• Latin: tandem
• Macedonian: на кра́јот (na krájot)
• Maori: nāwai, nāwai rā, nāwai rā
• Norwegian: omsider

  Bokmål: til slutt, etter hvert (no)

  Nynorsk: til slutt

• Polish: w końcu (pl), wreszcie (pl)
• Portuguese: finalmente (pt), enfim (pt)
• Romanian: în fine, la urma urmei
• Russian: в конце́ концо́в (ru) (v koncé koncóv), в коне́чном счёте (v konéčnom sčóte), в ито́ге (ru) (v itóge)
• Scottish Gaelic: aig a' cheann thall
• Serbo-Croatian: eventualno (sh), konačno (sh), na kraju, na koncu
• Spanish: al final, finalmente (es)
• Swedish: så småningom (sv), slutligen (sv), till slut (sv)
• Turkish: sonunda (tr)
• Ukrainian: зре́штою (uk) (zréštoju)
• Vietnamese: cuối cùng (vi)

See also

• frequently
• one day
• some day
• sooner or later