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inevitable

inevitable

1 5.3
An event that cannot be avoided
  • noun
  • /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbl/
translation icon : lo inevitable
  • It says life is the inevitable result of thermophysics.

So this group of elders went out and the inevitable happened and Eloise died.

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Examples

  • So that is as that's an inevitable outcome of not doing the introspection.

  • It's simply an inevitable outcome of your starting point.

  • So this group of elders went out and the inevitable happened and Eloise died.

  • So just finally, cancer is an inevitable outcome of the ability of our cells to divide and to adapt to their environments.

  • And I'm saddened because this is the inevitable conclusion to this story and there's there was no way to get around it, no make good.

  • The only inevitable events in life are birth and death.

  • Many people believe that change is one of life's few inevitables.

  • Facing the inevitable consequences of his actions, he learned a valuable lesson.

Synonyms

foregone conclusion
vsinevitable
  • Informal
14 3.7

A result that is sure to happen and cannot be changed

describes something as unable to be prevented rather than naming it

Compounds

An unexpected event you cannot stop even with great care

How Certain

certainty
  • Literature
202 3.4
inevitable
1 5.3
probability
473 3.6
possibility
2.0

Surface Forms

inevitable singular
inevitables plural

Etymology

Inevitable used as a noun names an event you cannot stop, and it comes from the same Latin parts in- 'not' and evit- 'to avoid', like the word avoid. So, when people say 'the inevitable' they mean an outcome that cannot be prevented.