(plural eventualities) (formal) something that may possibly happen, especially sth unpleasant:
We were prepared for every eventuality. * The money had been saved for just such an eventuality. * In the eventuality of your passport being stolen, contact the embassy at once. * The instructions he left covered all eventualities.
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