| Main Entry: | eventuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that probably will happen |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, any case, case, chance, consequence, contingency, effect, event, go-down, goings-on, happening, issue, likelihood, outcome, possibility, probability, result, sequel, toss-up, upshot |
Antonyms: |
improbability, unlikelihood |
| Concept: | Eventuality. |
| Category: | 2. COMPLEX CHANGE; Present Events |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact; matter of fact; naked fact; bare facts, just the facts; phenomenon; advent., business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion)., the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents (chance); situation (circumstances).
-verbs
happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off (be past)., meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure (feel).
-adjectives
happening; going on, doing, current; in the wind, in the air, afloat; on foot, afoot, on the tapis; at issue, in question; incidental., eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident; memorable, momentous, signal.
-adverbs
eventually; in the event of, in case, just in case; in the course of things; as things, times go; as the world goes, wags; as the tree falls, as the cat jumps; as it may turn out, as it may happen.
-phrases
that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles; you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring; the plot thickens; "breasts the blows of circumstance" [Tennyson]; "so runs round of life from hour to hour" [Tennyson] "sprinkled along the waste of years"
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| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
Synonyms: |
after-effects, causatum, chain reaction, consequences, end, eventuality, flak, impact, issue, outcome, payoff, remainder, residual, residuum, results, upshot, waves |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
Synonyms: |
context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| Main Entry: | coincidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental happening |
Synonyms: |
accident, chance, eventuality, fate, fluke, fortuity, happening, happy accident, incident, luck, stroke of luck |
Antonyms: |
design, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, desistance, development, end of the line, ending, eventuality, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, windup, wrap |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start |
| Main Entry: | contingency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance happening; possibility |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | development |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, incident |
Synonyms: |
change, circumstance, conclusion, denouement, event, eventuality, eventuation, issue, materialization, occurrence, outcome, phenomenon, result, situation, transpiration, turn of events, upshot |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
Antonyms: |
beginning, cause, commencement, foundation, origin, source, start |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect, result |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, case, causatum, chance, conclusion, consequence, end, end result, eventuality, fortuity, hap, happenstance, issue, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, product, resultant, sequel, sequent, termination, upshot |
Antonyms: |
cause, source |