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in⋅ev⋅i⋅ta⋅ble

  [in-ev-i-tuh-buhl]
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–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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L inēvītābilis. See in- 3 , evitable

Related forms:
in⋅ev⋅i⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅ev⋅i⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅ev⋅i⋅ta⋅bly, adverb
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in·ev·i·ta·ble   (ĭn-ěv'ĭ-tə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Impossible to avoid or prevent. See Synonyms at certain.
  2. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable: the inevitable changes of the seasons.
in·ev'i·ta·bil'i·ty n., in·ev'i·ta·bly adv.
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Inevitable

In*ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in['e]vitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]

1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. "The inevitable hour." --Gray.

It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. --Burke.

2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : inevitable
Spanish: inevitable,
German: unvermeidlich,
Japanese: 避けられない
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inevitable 
c.1430, from L. inevitabilis "unavoidable," from in- "not" + evitabilis "avoidable," from evitare "to avoid," from ex- "out" + vitare "shun," originally "go out of the way."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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