inevitable

[ in-ev-i-tuh-buh l ]

/ ɪnˈɛv ɪ tə bəl /

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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.

Origin of inevitable

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

OTHER WORDS FROM inevitable

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·bly, adverb

Words nearby inevitable

inescapable, inescutcheon, inessential, inessive, inestimable, inevitable, inexact, inexactitude, inexcusable, inexertion, inexhaustible

Example sentences from the Web for inevitable

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

Fireworks Factory Explodes in Colorful Burst |The Daily Beast Video |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Its arrival, experts say, is not just inevitable but imminent.

What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear |Doug Peacock |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead, Sanders sold it for a sweet $87,000, which triggered an inevitable lawsuit (PDF).

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

Fighting Ebola and Starvation in Sierra Leone |Abby Haglage |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Their inevitable divorce was messy, bitter, and packed with bizarre occurrences.

Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else |Allen Barra |October 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He saw, we believe, the inevitable collision and the inevitable issue.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 |Various
Hour by hour I was beginning to realize one of the inevitable results of Time.

Summer Cruising in the South Seas |Charles Warren Stoddard
But if Wright did not understand me, as I hoped he would not, my husband did, and his inevitable "Meow!"

Mavis of Green Hill |Faith Baldwin
The Americans, in the mean time, were vigorously preparing for what they conceived to be inevitable—a war.

Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) |Lady Anne Hamilton
But the minor triad, as an artistic and not purely acoustic phenomenon, is an inevitable thing.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for inevitable

inevitable

/ (ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl) /

adjective

unavoidable

sure to happen; certain

noun

the inevitable something that is unavoidable

Derived forms of inevitable

inevitability or inevitableness, noun inevitably, adverb

Word Origin for inevitable

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

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