eventuality
Other forms: eventualities
An eventuality is an event that just might happen in the future. For example, I store fresh drinking water in the basement to be prepared for several eventualities.
You can see the word "event" at the beginning of eventuality. Use that as a clue to remember that an eventuality is an event that might happen — eventually. Winning the lottery, a Mars landing, finding a cure for cancer, nuclear war: these are just some of the eventualities for which we should either get ready or try to prevent. What do you think are some of the eventualities for which the team should prepare? Tripping, falling, and landing on your butt are all eventualities for which the odds will increase during the ice storm.
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a possible event or occurrence or resultsynonyms: contingence, contingency
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Vocabulary lists containing eventuality
On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a televised address to the American public regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba. Kennedy reported the presence of offensive missile sites presumably intended to launch a nuclear attack against Western nations. The President characterized this move on the part of the U.S.S.R. as an imminent threat to American security and laid out his proposed course of action.
Investigate these words from Agatha Christie's masterpiece to figure out why it's the world's best-selling mystery novel.
In 1963, John Lewis was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the "big six" who organized the March on Washington. He was beaten repeatedly for his voting rights activism, nearly dying more than once during the Freedom Rides and other civil rights demonstrations. He went on to serve 17 terms in Congress, where he was known as the "Conscience of Congress." This remembrance of an American hero includes words from his books and speeches.