It is inevitable that I go to France someday, I just don't know when.
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Inevitable
//ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl//
Synonyms for "inevitable" (96 found)
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compulsoryconclusivedecideddecisivedefinitedestineddeterminatedevoteddictateddoomedeventualfatalfatedforedoomedforeordainedgrimimperativein storein the cardsindefeasible
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Adjective(6 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Related words (48)
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6 entriesdistinct from
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11 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pashmangshëm adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀνέκφευκτος adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- ἄφυκτος adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Arabic
2 entries- حَتْمِيّ adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- سورة الواقعة name (56th sura of the Qur'an)
Asturian
1 entries- inevitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçılmaz adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Belarusian
3 entries- непазбе́жны adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- няміну́чы adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- няўхі́льны adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Bengali
1 entries- অনিবার্য adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неизбе́жен adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Catalan
1 entries- inevitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不可避免 adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- 無可避免 /无可避免 adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- 總會 /总会 adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Czech
4 entries- nevyhnutelný adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- očekávatelný adj (predictable, or always happening)
- předvídatelný adj (predictable, or always happening)
- zákonitý adj (predictable, or always happening)
Danish
2 entries- nødvendig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- uundgåelig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Dutch
3 entries- onafwendbaar adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- onvermijdelijk adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- voorspelbaar adj (predictable, or always happening)
Esperanto
1 entries- neevitebla adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Estonian
1 entries- vältimatu adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Faroese
2 entries- óumberligur adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- óundansleppandi adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Finnish
4 entries- ennalta arvattava adj (predictable, or always happening)
- väistämätön adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- välttämätön adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- vääjäämätön adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
French
2 entries- inévitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- inévitable adj (predictable, or always happening)
Galician
2 entries- inevitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- inevitábel adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Georgian
2 entries- აუცილებელი adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- გარდაუვალი adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
German
3 entries- unabwendbar adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- unvermeidlich adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- zwangsläufig adj (predictable, or always happening)
Greek
1 entries- αναπόφευκτος adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Hindi
4 entries- अटल adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- अनिवार्य adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- अपरिहार्य adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- अवश्यंभावी adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkerülhetetlen adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Icelandic
2 entries- óhjákvæmilegur adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- óumflýjanlegur adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Italian
2 entries- inevitabile adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- inevitabile adj (predictable, or always happening)
Japanese
4 entries- 不可避の adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- 当然の adj (predictable, or always happening)
- 必然の adj (predictable, or always happening)
- 必至の adj (predictable, or always happening)
Kazakh
3 entries- болары анық adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- болмай қоймайтын adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- даусыз adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Korean
1 entries- 피할 수 없는 adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Latin
1 entries- inevitabilis adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Macedonian
1 entries- неизбежен adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Marathi
1 entries- अपरिहार्य adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- nødvendig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- uunngåelig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- naudsynleg adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- uunngåeleg adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Occitan
1 entries- inevitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Old English
1 entries- unforbugendlīċ adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Persian
3 entries- حتمی adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- حتمیالوقوع adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- ناگزیر adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Polish
1 entries- nieunikniony adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Portuguese
1 entries- inevitável adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Romanian
3 entries- inevitabil adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- inevitabil adj (predictable, or always happening)
- neocolibil adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Russian
4 entries- неизбе́жный adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- неизбе́жный adj (predictable, or always happening)
- немину́емый adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- немину́емый adj (predictable, or always happening)
Slovak
1 entries- neodvratný adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Spanish
1 entries- inevitable adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Swedish
3 entries- ofrånkomlig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- oundgänglig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- oundviklig adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Tamil
1 entries- இன்றியமையாதது adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Turkish
1 entries- kaçınılmaz adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- невідворо́тний adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- немину́чий adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Urdu
2 entries- اٹل adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
- ناگزیر adj (impossible to avoid or prevent)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋاقىئە name (56th sura of the Qur'an)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
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The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
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The industrialist found a wealthy financier to help him weather the storm which was inevitable.
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