different between eventual vs prospective
eventual
English
Etymology
From event +? -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v?n(t)???l/, /??v?n(t)??l/, /?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v?n(t)?u?l/, /??v?n(t)??l/
- Homophone: evential (for some speakers)
Adjective
eventual (not comparable)
- Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time); inevitable.
- Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
- (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.
Translations
Galician
Adjective
eventual m or f (plural eventuais)
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Related terms
- eventualidade
- eventualmente
Further reading
- “eventual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.v?.?twa?/
- Hyphenation: e?ven?tu?al
Adjective
eventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable)
- infrequent
- casual
- eventual
Romanian
Etymology
From French éventuel.
Adjective
eventual m or n (feminine singular eventual?, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale)
- prospective
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eben?twal/, [e.???n??t?wal]
- Hyphenation: e?ven?tual
Adjective
eventual (plural eventuales)
- potential, possible
- sporadic
- temporary (employee, contract)
- eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)
eventual From the web:
- what eventually happened to the shipload of grain
- what eventually led to the abandonment of jamestown
- what eventually happened to robespierre
- what eventually happens to jocasta
- what eventually happened to the egyptian kingdom
- what eventually happened to serfdom
- what eventually ended the great depression
- what eventually happens to balboa
prospective
English
Etymology
From Middle French prospectif, from Late Latin prospectivus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???sp?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
prospective (not comparable)
- Likely or expected to happen or become.
- Anticipated in the near or far future.
- Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
- Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
- 1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade
- The French king, and the king of Sweden are […] circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
- 1668-1690, Josiah Child, A new discourse of trade
- (medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
- (grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
Translations
Noun
prospective (plural prospectives)
- (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A perspective glass.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
- 2006, Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman, volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
- At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.
- 2006, Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman, volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
See also
- inchoative
References
- prospective at OneLook Dictionary Search
- prospective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prospective in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prospective aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
prospective
- feminine singular of prospectif
prospective From the web:
- what prospective means
- what's prospective employment
- what prospective freshmen think about the fall
- what's prospective fault current
- what's prospective voting
- what prospective study means
- what's prospective analysis
- prospective customer meaning
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