eventual | meaning of eventual in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheventuale‧ven‧tu‧al /ɪˈventʃuəl/ ●●○ AWL adjective [only before noun]    EVENTUALLYhappening at the end of a long period of time or after a lot of other things have happened  Sweden were the eventual winners of the tournament.  Both sides were happy with the eventual outcome of the talks.Examples from the Corpuseventual• They are potential rivals, maybe eventual allies, in the Democratic primary.• Despite his eventual betrayal of me-for which I have forgiven him-Hu was a superb implementer and an outstanding public servant.• The procedures cover each stage from initial reporting of a problem through to eventual correction.• No one was sure what the eventual outcome of the war would be.• Each measure, however, adds a cost factor to the eventual price of the electricity to the consumer.• The motor industry remains hopeful of eventual success.Origin eventual (1600-1700) French éventuel, from Latin eventus “what happens in the end”; → EVENT