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Definitions for inevitable
ɪnˈɛv ɪ tə bəlin·evitable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inevitableadjective

    an unavoidable event

    "don't argue with the inevitable"

  2. inevitableadjective

    incapable of being avoided or prevented

    "the inevitable result"

  3. inevitableadjective

    invariably occurring or appearing

    "the inevitable changes of the seasons"

Wiktionary

  1. inevitablenoun

    Something that is predictable, or cannot be avoided.

  2. inevitableadjective

    impossible to avoid or prevent

    We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.

  3. inevitableadjective

    predictable, or always happening

    My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. INEVITABLEadjective

    Unavoidable; not to be escaped.

    Etymology: inevitable, Fr. inevitabilis, Lat.

    I had a pass with him: he gives me the stuck in with such a mortal motion, that it is inevitable. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    Fate inevitable
    Subdues us. John Milton.

    Since my inevitable death you know,
    You safely unavailing pity show. John Dryden, Aurengzebe.

Wikipedia

  1. Inevitable

    Inevitable is a Latin rock song co-written and performed by Colombian-born singer Shakira, released as the third single from her 1998 multi-platinum album Dónde Están los Ladrones?.

ChatGPT

  1. inevitable

    Inevitable refers to something that is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. It is a condition or outcome that is unavoidable or destined to occur.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inevitableadjective

    not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain

  2. Inevitableadjective

    irresistible

  3. Etymology: [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. invitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]

Wikidata

  1. Inevitable

    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, inevitables are extraplanar magical constructs.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inevitable

    in-ev′it-a-bl, adj. not able to be evaded or avoided: that cannot be escaped: irresistible.—n. Inev′itableness.—adv. Inev′itably.—The inevitable, that which is sure to happen. [Fr.,—L. inevitabilisin, not, evitabilis, avoidable—evitāre, to avoid—e, out of, vitāre, to avoid.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'inevitable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3453

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'inevitable' in Adjectives Frequency: #473

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inevitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inevitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of inevitable in a Sentence

  1. Claude Enrico:

    We have to learn to live with natural phenomena, it's inevitable they will come year after year. So we must train people what to do in an emergency and ensure families have an evacuation plan.

  2. Clarence Thomas:

    But, as a result of the mismatching, many blacks and Hispanics who likely would have excelled at less elite schools are placed in a position where underperformance is all but inevitable because they are less academically prepared than the white and Asian students with whom they must compete.

  3. Rob Bowman:

    They're scared. And I lived with that Rob Bowman, there's a constant fear that the worst is inevitable, and this anticipatory grief, well, that's what I felt when my husband went off to war, and that's what I'm seeing in my neighbors today.

  4. William Jackson at Capital Economics:

    It's a very oil-dependent economy, so it always looked like an adjustment in the currency was needed when oil prices fell. They delayed that adjustment for a long time so it's kind of inevitable that the currency had to weaken.

  5. Stefan Ingves:

    For most banks, the committee expects that these proposals will have a relatively neutral impact on capital, while the objective of these proposals is not to significantly increase overall capital requirements, it is inevitable that minimum capital requirements will increase for some banks.

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