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inevitably

[in-ev-i-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.

sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: The inevitable end of human life is death.

noun

that which is unavoidable.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin 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

qua·si-in·ev·i·ta·ble, adjective

qua·si-in·ev·i·ta·b·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

The models posing for our sketches were inevitably female.

Commencement season in academe inevitably brings controversy.

Now that other forms of betting abound, racing inevitably suffers.

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The models posing for our sketches were inevitably female.

Commencement season in academe inevitably brings controversy.

Now that other forms of betting abound, racing inevitably suffers.

More fish and more boaters will almost inevitably lead to more people-sturgeon encounters.

Year-end lists inevitably leave room for debate and criticism, and ours is no exception.

The prevailing medical wisdom, he explained to her, was that she would inevitably die in a year or maybe two.

Growing edibles inevitably means growing snails, especially because our garden is organic and hospitable to wildlife.

So if you have zero tolerance for false positives, some spam will inevitably sneak through.

The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of.

But researchers often argue that such concerns are overblown, and that scientific fraud is inevitably detected because.

One is that huge power inevitably provokes huge suspicion.

Once its watery fuel supply has been cut off, the storm inevitably weakens.

Chemical herbicides keep nature at bay for only so long: weeds inevitably develop resistance to the chemicals.

There's inevitably a distance between a photographer and his or her subject.

When plants are dug for transplanting, the root hairs inevitably suffer some exposure, and the plant wilts as a result.

Surely somewhere is written a law of nature stating that big projects inevitably take longer than planned.

Books about architecture for young readers almost inevitably concentrate on the great monuments of the past.

Lacking oversight, someone inevitably does the wrong thing in a for-profit industry.

German production already dropped almost three percent, and that's nothing compared to what will inevitably come.

Many of us coming to this country have inevitably suffered a certain loss of culture.

Whenever anyone project osts, they will inevitably lowball the estimate.

Forget about frozen, which in my experience are inevitably mushy.

That's why they inevitably choose to do their business in your newly-planted flower beds.

Play this game long enough though, and you'll inevitably get stuck with a lemon.

The wheel of violence and counterviolence spins without end and leads inevitably to destruction.

In one form or another, that question inevitably arises in conversations.

It inevitably colours economic policy debate at national and international level.

It's affecting everyone who is alive on the planet, and it will inevitably affect their children and their children's children.

To save wax you'll inevitably end with six-sided hexagonal cells.

Exposing them to the polluted air of the modern world will inevitably destroy them.

Freedom of the press inevitably helps drive scientific progress, which in turn propels innovation and economic prosperity.

As reproductive technology has advanced, the law of supply and demand has inevitably clicked in.

Even if there is a redress, that will inevitably lag behind.

Inevitably some of the defaulters will drag other companies down with them.

To study and conserve these chimps inevitably means changing them.

Recent breakthroughs in biology had suggested that fragmentation of habitat inevitably threatened species.

Residents inevitably see things differently than visitors.

Anyone who knows anything about computers inevitably has the conversation with a friend who's nervous about buying a new laptop.

IT is inevitably true that any food column will inherently reflect the taste and cravings of the author.

If they are not managed appropriately, the risk of failure will inevitably rise.

Talmud students inevitably wasted time barking up wrong trees or beating paths that had been beaten before.

Musicians seem to find each other and musical styles seem to co-mingle inevitably.

But an infinity of possibilities in this sense does not imply all possibilities inevitably reaching fruition.

The large caveats that inevitably apply to mouse studies still apply here, in spades.

Yet once the form is decided upon, organizations inevitably grow to meet its shape, academically and otherwise.

But to many, he will inevitably be a disappointing one.

Nature inevitably has the final say, even more final than the state.

My thesis can be tested by keeping an eye on the weather, which does after all inevitably become climate in the long run.

When stuff inevitably starts to go down, you want to be able to show the world.

Fixed supply and increasing demand inevitably lead either to rising prices and/or a shortage.

The leading rebels, though inevitably a mixed bunch, make incomparably more sense than the unhinged colonel.

Despite care at all levels, unexpected side effects will inevitably found once a drug or device is in widespread use.

The inevitably human things that come into it don't matter in the long run.

Manufacturing output will inevitably be hurt: much of it consists of fishmeal processing.

As the engines of much global economic growth, corporations were inevitably at the heart of any solution.

Gentile historians' accounts were inevitably partial.

Such modifications inevitably affect their function.

Overwhelming imbalances in wealth and income inevitably result in enormous imbalances of political power.

The first is that the bereaved inevitably experience intense symptoms of distress and depression.

Strauss-Kahn, because he was powerful, was inevitably guilty”.

The argument that population growth inevitably spurs economic growth is.

But the page also contains randomly generated links that the bot inevitably follows.

The aging as well as shrinking population will inevitably create huge demand for migrant labor.

Scale of this size inevitably results in a variety of situations and views that complicate effective decision and policy making.

If that were reflected in the maps then a more positive read would inevitably emerge.

People who haven't experienced war inevitably base their understanding of.

So topological-insulator theorists and particle physicists have almost inevitably ended up in the same place.

Guero has given us a valuable insight into how the robot apocalypse will inevitably unfold.

They are probably not ideograms, but they have the characteristic slope, curve and slant that inevitably bring them to mind.

But school-oriented commitments inevitably start creeping in:.

Some of the inhabitants inevitably drift away or migrate, thereby restocking surrounding areas where fishing is permitted.

Exporting this geothermal power will inevitably help the environment and continue to encourage sustainable energy research.

But having already almost lost pieces myself, my suspicion is that the extra pieces are really for when you inevitably lose some.

As a friend he was insupportable, inevitably turning with deadly suspicion on.

But the calculations involve inevitably subjective comparisons with quoted companies.

The challenge is not to give in to the anxieties that inevitably follow such an extraordinary development.

The disappointment of not being selected inevitably leads to some personal stock.

His appointment was inevitably greeted with rapture on the right.

When accidents happen, as they inevitably will, people will say it was an informed risk they took.

There are forces in operation which must inevitably work the downfall of slavery.

The panic that will inevitably spread from this story is unjustified.

They are graceful, innocent magnets drawing their princes inevitably into their field.

There were no claims of responsibility but suspicion inevitably fell on.

Choreographed fountain shows inevitably bring traffic to a halt whenever the operatic arias start.

Any of these groups that begins to adopt a culture of existential guilt will inevitably wane in relation to other groups.

The omni-directional system is also defined as axisymmetrical, but the sci-fi inclined will inevitably call it something else:.

At times when the rebels are gaining ground, the allies fear that the rebels will inevitably try to take.

If you want to get the visa transferred, there is inevitably a form.

It's useful because road tests inevitably have variables that affect a car's performance.

It's hardly a foregone conclusion that freedom is a mistake, nor does having a lover inevitably result in pregnancy.

Companies inevitably choose staff to shed on the basis of how easy they are to fire.

The current low price would drive some producers out of the market, supply will drop and the price inevitably will increase.

Anyone familiar with a bacterium's lifestyle will know that they will eventually, inevitably mutate.

The city's dicey reputation is partly a consequence of the crime rate that inevitably follows joblessness.

If and when interest rates rise again, as they inevitably will, then bond prices will fall.

Fretilin has inevitably shouldered much of the blame for the country's numerous problems since independence.

As with any adaptation, there will inevitably be debate about the fidelity of the film to the novel.

Vessels were either overloaded and unstable, or were in such a poor state of repair that they inevitably sank.

Furthermore, active processes allow viruses to inevitably develop resistance to such compounds.

Not to mention that, if you have kids, the schools in the rich neighborhood are inevitably better.

Sovereign-debt worries inevitably ripple across all types of debt issuers.

Center agents inevitably will spend some time on the telephone with customers.

Critics are explicating and venerating his verse, and those essays inevitably will appear online.

Nanoparticles inevitably alter this arrangement, and that may make the mix better able to transmit heat.

There is a huge hole in the secondary curriculum that will inevitably become an enormous problem.

Such drugs will inevitably be used by healthy people too.

They also inevitably undermine the views of those deploying them.

Most of the other books on the area concentrate inevitably on the implications of the two countries' economic rise.

Any and all interactions with their environment have a profound effect, and measurement inevitably requires interaction.

The increased moisture in the atmosphere inevitably means more rain.

Each step in a synthesis inevitably produces some side products, so not all of the starting material ends up as conolidine.

Everything is currently made with energy from fossil fuels, and so prices are inevitably linked to it.

The costs of early-stage development and deployment are inevitably far above those that companies can realize in the long run.

The far graver concern went completely unmentioned: what inevitably is done to the living human embryos that go unselected.

The psychology will inevitably be a significant problem for the acceptance of a therapy that explicitly does not aim for a cure.

The trend is inevitably toward the development of some practical benefits.

Prevention research will inevitably produce false starts:.

Some will inevitably claim that technology will solve the problems.

And this problem will be solved, inevitably and quite soon, in one way or another.

Further habitat loss will inevitably occur as the proposed buildup moves forward.

COLLAPSE

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World English Dictionary

inevitable (ɪnˈɛvɪtəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	unavoidable
2.	sure to happen; certain

—n
3.	the inevitable something that is unavoidable

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

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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