eventuality

eventuality

English

Etymology

eventual +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

eventuality (countable and uncountable, plural eventualities)

1. A possible event; something that may happen.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.

2. (phrenology) An individual's propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts.

Synonyms

• (possible event): contingency

Translations

possible event

French: éventualité (fr) Hungarian: eshetőség (hu) Italian: eventualità (it) f

Romanian: eventualitate (ro) f Spanish: eventualidad f Swedish: eventualitet (sv) c