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==English==
{{wp|+ (mathematics)}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}
{{etymon|en|:af|eventual|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including {{cog|cs|eventuálně}}, {{cog|fr|éventuellement}}, {{cog|sv|eventuellt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃuː.ə.li/|/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃʊ.li/|/ɪˈvɛn.tjʊ.li/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/|/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.li/|/ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.li/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-eventually.ogg|a=US}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{U|in the end}}; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
#: {{ux|en|Everyone's [[show one's true colors|true colors]] will be revealed '''eventually'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|She didn't arrive.  '''Eventually''', we started without her.}}
#: {{ux|en|He hopes '''eventually''' to attend nursing school.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=1955-01|author=Charles E. Lee|title=The Glasgow Underground Railway|journal=Railway Magazine|page=24|text='''Eventually''', the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author={{w|Chris Wallace (journalist)|Chris Wallace}}|title=Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage|passage=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.}}
#* {{RQ:en:CNN|author=Nick Paton Walsh|title=Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/world/analysis-trump-second-term-world-intl/index.html|date=2024-11-09|passage=President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance '''eventually''' sought to wind down its involvement.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250817181423/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/world/analysis-trump-second-term-world-intl/index.html|archivedate=17 August 2025}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics|of a sequence}} For some [[tail]]; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
#: {{ux|en|'''Eventually''', all prime numbers are odd.}}
# {{lb|en|proscribed|NNSE}} {{U|possibly}}, [[potentially]], [[perhaps]].
#: {{ux|en|I will come '''eventually''', but haven't decided yet.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{lb|en|sense|in the end}} {{l|en|at last}}, {{l|en|finally}}, {{l|en|yet}}, {{l|en|ultimately}}, {{l|en|in the end}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|in the end}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|uiteindelik}}, {{t|af|ten slotte}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَخِيرًا}}, {{t|ar|فِي اَلْآخِرْ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|накра́я}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|finalment}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|最後|tr=ceoi3 hau6}}, {{t|yue|終於|tr=ci2 zung1}}, {{t+|yue|始終|tr=ci2 zung1}}, {{t|yue|終須|tr=zung1 seoi1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|最後|tr=zuìhòu}}, {{t+|cmn|終於|tr=zhōngyú}} (used in the present), {{t+|cmn|終究|tr=zhōngjiǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|終歸|tr=zhōngguī}}, {{t+|cmn|始終|tr=shǐzhōng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|konečně}}, {{t+|cs|nakonec}}
* Danish: {{t|da|til sidst}}, {{t+|da|omsider}}, {{t|da|i sidste instans}}, {{t|da|med tiden}}, {{t+|da|langt om længe}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|uiteindelijk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|fine}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lõpuks}}, {{t|et|viimaks}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lopulta}}, {{t|fi|viimeinkin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|finalement}}, {{t+|fr|à terme}}, {{t+|fr|à la fin}}, {{t+|fr|finir par}} {{qualifier|verbal form}}
* German: {{t+|de|schließlich}}, {{t+|de|letztendlich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τελικά}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|χρόνῳ|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|végül}}, {{t+|hu|végül is}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|tandem}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|akhirnya}}, {{t|id|[[pada]] [[akhirnya]]}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|finalmente}}, {{t|ia|al fin}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|i ndeireadh na dála}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|alla fine}}, {{t+|it|infine}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|とうとう|tr=tōtō}}, {{t+|ja|結局|tr=けっきょく, kekkyoku}}, {{t+|ja|ついに|tr=tsui-ni}}, {{t+|ja|最終的|alt=最終的に|tr=さいしゅうてきに, saishūteki ni}}, {{t+|ja|やっと|tr=yatto}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|결국(結局)}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|tandem}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|на кра́јот}}
* Māori: {{t|mi|nāwai}}, {{t|mi|nāwai rā}}, {{t|mi|nāwai rā}}, {{t|mi|tāria te wā}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|omsider}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|til slutt}}, {{t+|nb|etter hvert}}, {{t+|nb|langt om lenge}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|til slutt}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|æt nīehstan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|w końcu}}, {{t+|pl|ostatecznie}}, {{t+|pl|wreszcie}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|finalmente}}, {{t+|pt|enfim}}, {{t|pt|no final das contas}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|în fine}}, {{t|ro|la urma urmei}}, {{t|ro|în cele din urmă}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|в конце́ концо́в}}, {{t|ru|в коне́чном счёте}}, {{t+|ru|в ито́ге}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aig a' cheann thall}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|eventualno}}, {{t+|sh|konačno}}, {{t|sh|na kraju}}, {{t|sh|na koncu}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|al final}}, {{t+|es|finalmente}}, {{t|es|con el tiempo}}, {{t|es|a la larga}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|te fu kaba}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|så småningom}}, {{t+|sv|slutligen}}, {{t+|sv|till slut}}, {{t|sv|till sist}}, {{t+|sv|omsider}}, {{t|sv|långt om länge}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sonunda}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зре́штою}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cuối cùng}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|frequently}}
* {{l|en|one day}}
* {{l|en|some day}}
* {{l|en|sooner or later}}

{{C|en|Future}}