Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - eventually

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Eventually means in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or arguments. Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia... The flight eventually got away six hours late. = finally ADV: ADV with cl, ADV before v 2. Eventually means at the end of a situation or process or as the final result of it. Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult... She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns. = ultimately ADV: ADV with cl, ADV before v