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# eventually

«eventually» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the end, after a long time, a lot of waiting or many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (eventually)

### meaning for a pupil

Eventually means in the end, after a long time, a lot of waiting or many problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it moves time forward and shows that something finally happened after delays; in science it describes slow changes («eventually the ice melted»). Phrases: «eventually, they...», «it will eventually».

### examples

- We eventually found the lost dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x1)
- After hours of rain, the sun eventually came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x2)
- The caterpillar eventually turns into a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x3)
- I practised and eventually I could ride my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x4)
- The ice cube eventually melted completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x5)
- Keep trying, and you will eventually solve it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x6)
- Eventually, everyone got home safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x7)
- But, knowing that persistence would eventually succeed, he held her fast until she assumed her true form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/#x8)

### note

False friend: in many languages a similar word means «possibly» or «maybe», but in English «eventually» means «in the end». It is a good time connective in story writing, like «finally» and «at last».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eventually» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eventually/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.