inevitable

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(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, look, seem | become

make sth

The company's financial problems made bankruptcy inevitable.

regard sth as, see sth as

Many economists regard the rise in prices as inevitable given current economic conditions.

ADV

absolutely, quite | almost, virtually | apparently, seemingly | probably | historically, politically

PHRASES

bow to the inevitable

After months of trying to fix the old car, he finally bowed to the inevitable and bought a new one.

Definitions

adj

1

Impossible to avoid or prevent.

We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.

It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]

2

Predictable or always happening.

My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.

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.

noun

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...

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.

name

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The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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evitable
avoidable
avertible
avertable

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We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.

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It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]

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To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.

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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

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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'

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It is inevitable that I go to France someday, I just don't know when.

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