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Inevitable

//ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Impossible to avoid or prevent. not-comparable

    "We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable."

  2. 2
    Predictable or always happening. not-comparable

    "My outburst met with the inevitable punishment."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being avoided or prevented wordnet
  2. 2
    invariably occurring or appearing wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.

    "I pass also the jealousies, the quarrels, the disgusts, that make the catholic questions and corn-bills of married life—and only dwell on one particular: some irresistible hat, some adorable cap, some exquisite robe, has rather elongated your milliner's list of inevitables..."

  2. 2
    an unavoidable event wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

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