Standard Lemma guide

eventuality

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˌvɛntjuˈælɪti/
  • /ɪˌvɛnt͡ʃuˈælɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ælɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 V EH2 N CH UW0 AE1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IY0 V EH2 N CH UW0 AE1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A possible event; something that may happen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contingency, possibility, chance, contingent, eventuality, potentiality

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An individual's propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, phrenology, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a possible event or occurrence or result

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contingency, contingence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

History

Etymology

Calque of French éventualité, eventual + -ity

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: eventualitat — possible event — see also contingency
  • French: éventualité — possible event — see also contingency
  • German: Eventualität — possible event — see also contingency
  • Greek: ενδεχόμενο (endechómeno) — possible event — see also contingency
  • Hungarian: eshetőség — possible event — see also contingency
  • Italian: eventualità — possible event — see also contingency
  • Plautdietsch: Mäajlichkjeit — possible event — see also contingency
  • Portuguese: eventualidade — possible event — see also contingency
  • Romanian: eventualitate — possible event — see also contingency
  • Spanish: eventualidad — possible event — see also contingency
  • Swedish: eventualitet — possible event — see also contingency