eventualities
Things that might happen
Eventualities are things that might happen—possible outcomes or contingencies that prudent planning accounts for.
The word appears most often in contexts of preparation: We've planned for all eventualities, Insurance covers various eventualities.
It carries a slightly formal or bureaucratic tone, suggesting systematic thinking about what could go wrong.
Things that may occur
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- situationsSets of conditions
occurrences · happenings · incidents · developments · prospects · likelihoods · probabilities · chances
What follows from effort
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- endingsConcluding portions
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
resolutions · culminations · finalities · upshots · aftermaths · ramifications · repercussions · denouements
Arranging things in advance
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- precautionsAdvance protective measures
contingency plans · fallbacks · risk management · mitigation · protocols · procedures · readiness · anticipation
State resisting forecasts
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- imponderablesThings impossible to evaluate
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
indeterminacy · volatility · fluctuations · instability · variability · randomness · chance · fortune
possibilities
Things that may occur
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
situations · occurrences · happenings · incidents · developments · prospects · likelihoods · probabilities · chances · risks
results
What follows from effort
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- endingsConcluding portions
conclusions · resolutions · culminations · finalities · upshots · aftermaths · ramifications · repercussions · denouements · fates
preparation
Arranging things in advance
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
precautions · contingency plans · fallbacks · risk management · mitigation · protocols · procedures · readiness · anticipation · forethought
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- imponderablesThings impossible to evaluate
ambiguity · indeterminacy · volatility · fluctuations · instability · variability · randomness · chance · fortune · fate
eventualitiescertainties
Assured truths
sure things · guarantees · foregone conclusions · inevitabilities · givens
eventualitiesactualities
Existing states of affairs
realities · facts · fait accompli · the here and now · occurrences
event, events, eventually, eventual, eventuality, eventuate, eventuated, eventuating