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inevitable

[ in-ev-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; fated:

    an inevitable conclusion.

    Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable

  2. sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable:

    The inevitable end of human life is death.



noun

  1. that which is unavoidable.

inevitable

/ ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. unavoidable
  2. sure to happen; certain


noun

  1. the inevitable
    the inevitable something that is unavoidable

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Derived Forms

  • inˈevitably, adverb
  • inˌevitaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·ev·i·ta·bil·i·ty [in-ev-i-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee] in·ev·i·ta·ble·ness noun
  • in·ev·i·ta·bly adverb
  • qua·si-in·ev·i·ta·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inevitable1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word inēvītābilis; in- 3, evitable

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inevitable1

C15: from Latin inēvītābilis, from in- 1+ ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre to shun, from vītāre to avoid

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Example Sentences

The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.

Sentences making such outcomes inevitable were once rare, but many inmates are serving them now.

Its arrival, experts say, is not just inevitable but imminent.

Instead, Sanders sold it for a sweet $87,000, which triggered an inevitable lawsuit (PDF).

Panic—and the inevitable panicking about the panic—is counterproductive.

In the old world, poverty seemed, and poverty was, the natural and inevitable lot of the greater portion of mankind.

The voice of duty called her to the kitchen, where her cook patiently awaited her inevitable, and always painful, audience.

The attitude of his youth returned; the pain was necessary, yet would bring inevitable joy as its result.

If it be a necessary, inevitable arrangement, I would not interfere with it for the world.

Was it the threat of Tony's near arrival that made her confession—and his dismissal—at last inevitable?

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in evidenceinevitably