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EVENTUAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating

Example:

if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)

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 Context examples: 

For the first time, scientists have found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the severity of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as the onset of eventual outward symptoms, of Alzheimer’s disease.

(Higher brain glucose levels may mean more severe Alzheimer’s, National Institutes of Health)