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ˌɪn ɪˈlʌk tə bəlin·eluctable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidableadjective

    impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

    "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

Wiktionary

  1. ineluctableadjective

    Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

  2. Etymology: From ineluctabilis, from in- + eluctor.

Wikipedia

  1. ineluctable

    Lead Us Not into Temptation is an album by David Byrne, released in 2003 for the movie Young Adam, a film directed by David MacKenzie.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ineluctableadjective

    not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable

  2. Etymology: [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. inluctable. See Eluctate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ineluctable

    in-e-luk′ta-bl, adj. not to be overcome or escaped from.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ineluctable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ineluctable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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