ことになる (kotoninaru)

turn out to be; amount to; it follows that (as a result)

Meaning & usage

ことになる attaches to a plain-form verb (or a noun plus だ) and states that something amounts to, or works out as, a certain result or conclusion. It often appears with time expressions to sum up how long something will have continued, and can also mean that a conclusion logically follows.

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