eventuation
How things ended
Eventuation is the process of coming about or resulting—the act of eventuating.
The word is formal and somewhat rare, appearing mainly in academic or legal contexts: The eventuation of these policies took decades.
It emphasizes outcome rather than process, focusing on what finally came to pass.
Progress toward maturity
- transpirationBotanical water vapor release
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
- emergenceComing into existence
- progressionSequential forward movement
evolution · happening · occurrence · coming about · taking place · arising · ensuing · resulting
Coming into tangible existence
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- manifestationOutward display of something
- effectuationCarrying out an intention
- fruitionAttainment of goals
fulfillment · accomplishment · attainment · achievement · implementation · execution · enactment · delivery
Point of greatest intensity
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- endpointFinal point reached
completion · termination · consummation · apex · capstone · windup · swan song · last act
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- aftermathResults following an event
- upshotFinal outcome
ramification · repercussion · implication · end-product · byproduct · fallout · sequel · corollary
development
Progress toward maturity
- transpirationBotanical water vapor release
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
- emergenceComing into existence
progression · evolution · happening · occurrence · coming about · taking place · arising · ensuing · resulting · following
materialization
Coming into tangible existence
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- manifestationOutward display of something
- effectuationCarrying out an intention
fruition · fulfillment · accomplishment · attainment · achievement · implementation · execution · enactment · delivery · discharge
climax
Point of greatest intensity
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- conclusionEnd or deduction
endpoint · completion · termination · consummation · apex · capstone · windup · swan song · last act · epilogue
result
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- aftermathResults following an event
upshot · ramification · repercussion · implication · end-product · byproduct · fallout · sequel · corollary · outgrowth
eventuationbeginning
Initial stage of something
inception · commencement · initiation · origin · genesis
eventuationfailure
Lack of success
prevention · abortion · miscarriage · frustration · thwarting