inevitable
see also: Inevitable
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl/
Adjective

inevitable (not comparable)

  1. Impossible to avoid or prevent.
    We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
  2. Predictable, or always happening.
    My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
    • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
      This horse and rider, with their free, rhythmical gallop, were the only moving things to be seen on the face of the flat country. They seemed, in the last sad light of evening, not to be there accidentally, but as an inevitable detail of the landscape.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Translations Noun

inevitable (plural inevitables)

  1. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
Antonyms
Inevitable
Proper noun
  1. The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.



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