Inevitable

English

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.

Derived terms

• inevitability
• inevitably
• inevitableness

Noun

Inevitable (plural Inevitables)

1. Something that is predictable, or cannot be avoided.
   • 2009 Murray Whyte Seeking successors to the Queen West gallery scene

   In the migratory patterns of the city's art scenes, there are two inevitables: First, that neighbourhoods where art makes its home become instantly more attractive; and second, because of it, art won't be at home for long.

Verbs for Inevitable

accept—; bow to—; buck—; condone—; defer—; foresee—; foretell—; ignore--; pre¬dict—; prophesy—; resign to—; resist—; submit to—; yield to—.

Adverbs for Inevitable

tragically; embarrassingly; naturally; terribly; certainly; fatally; lamentably; fortunately; happily; awfully.

Thesaurus

absolute, apodictic, appointed, binding, bound, certain, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, compulsory, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, destined, determinate, devoted, dictated, doomed, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, imperative, in store, in the cards, indefeasible, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, inflexible, involuntary, irresistible, irrevocable, mandatory, marked, necessary, obligatory, ordained, perfectly sure, positive, predestined, predetermined, relentless, required, resistless, settled, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, sure-enough, true, unambiguous, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unequivocal, unevadable, univocal, unmistakable, unpreventable, unstoppable, unyielding, written

Etymology

From Latin inevitabilis (“unavoidable”) < in + evitabilis (“avoidable”) < evitare (“to avoid”) < e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).

Pronunciation

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Translations

Adjective

impossible to avoid or prevent

Bengali: অনিবার্য (bn) (ônibarjô) Chinese: Mandarin: 不可避免 (cmn) (bùkě bìmiǎn), 總會 (cmn), 总会 (cmn) (zǒnghuì), 無可避免 (cmn), 无可避免 (cmn) (wúkě bìmiǎn) Czech: nevyhnutelný (cs) m. Dutch: onvermijdelijk, onafwendbaar Estonian: vältimatu Finnish: väistämätön (fi), vääjäämätön (fi) French: inévitable (fr) m. and f. German: unvermeidlich (de), unabwendbar (de) Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen (hu)

Italian: inevitabile f. m. Japanese: 不可避 (ja) (ふかひ, fukahi), 避けることのできない (ja) (sakerukoto-no dekinai) Korean: 피할 수 없는 (ko) (pihal sue opsneun) Polish: nieunikniony (pl) m. Romanian: inevitabil (ro) m. and n., neocolibil (ro) m. and n. Russian: неизбежный (ru) (neizbéžnyj), неминуемый (ru) (neminújemyj) Slovak: neodvratný Spanish: inevitable (es) Swedish: oundviklig (sv), ofrånkomlig (sv) Turkish: kaçınılmaz (tr)

predictable, or always happening

Dutch: voorspelbaar (nl) Finnish: ennalta arvattava French: inévitable (fr) m. and f. German: zwangsläufig (de)

Italian: inevitabile f. m. Japanese: 必至 (ja) (ひっし, hisshi), 恒常的 (ja) (こうじょうてき, kōjōteki), 常習 (ja) (じょうしゅう, jōshū) Romanian: inevitabil (ro) m. and n. Russian: неизбежный (ru) (neizbéžnyj), неминуемый (ru) (neminújemyj)

External links

• Inevitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Inevitable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Inevitable at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Spanish

Adjective

1. inevitable, inescapable, unavoidable (unable to be avoided)

Related terms

• evitar
• inevitablemente