inevitable
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ɪ adjective
1.
unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
2.
sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: The inevitable end of human life is death.
noun
3.
that which is unavoidable.
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World English Dictionary
inevitable (ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | unavoidable |
| 2. | sure to happen; certain |
| —n | |
| 3. | the inevitable something that is unavoidable |
| [C15: from Latin inēvītābilis, from | |
| inevita'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'evitableness | |
| —n | |
| in'evitably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
inevitable
early 15c., from L. inevitabilis "unavoidable," from in- "not" + evitabilis "avoidable," from evitare "to avoid," from ex- "out" + vitare "shun," originally "go out of the way."
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Example sentences
But as described, it wouldn't end the skewed incentives that made the current crisis inevitable.
We'd spent a lot of time inoculating the team against the inevitable sniping.
And the good news is that there is no inevitable end to this process.
The authorities should turn a blind eye to violence as an inevitable by-product of revolutionary mobilization.
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