inevitable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/ UK /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #6458

Meanings

1

adj
Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.

With both cars going so fast, the crash was inevitable.
2

adj
So usual or predictable that it always happens.

After the long meeting came the inevitable round of questions.
3

noun
Something that is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.

In the end, we had to accept the inevitable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · certain to happen and... inescapable unavoidable

2 adj · so usual or predictable... certain

More avoidless fatal foregone impreventable ineluctable inexorable irresistible predictable unescapableunforestallableunpreventable

Opposites

avoidableescapableevitable impossible incidental preventable

Word family

Derived forms inevitabilisminevitabilityinevitablenessinevitablynoninevitable

Related forms inevitablyunanticipableunanticipatableunforeseeableunforetellableunpredictable

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Phrases (1)

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inevitable accident
an accident that reasonable precautions could not have prevented

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Relax and enjoy it
Matching variant: When rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it

Etymology

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

inevitable Middle French inēvītābilis Latin

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# inevitable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
**Frequency rank:** 6458

## Meanings
1. Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.
2. So usual or predictable that it always happens.
3. Something that is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.

## Examples
- With both cars going so fast, the crash was inevitable.
- After the long meeting came the inevitable round of questions.
- In the end, we had to accept the inevitable.

## Synonyms
- avoidless
- fatal
- foregone
- impreventable
- ineluctable
- inexorable
- irresistible
- predictable
- unavoidable
- unescapable
- unforestallable
- unpreventable

## Antonyms
- avoidable
- escapable
- evitable
- impossible
- incidental
- preventable

## Derived Forms
- inevitabilism
- inevitability
- inevitableness
- inevitably
- noninevitable

## Related Forms
- inevitably
- unanticipable
- unanticipatable
- unforeseeable
- unforetellable
- unpredictable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inevitable
- Root: inēvītābilis

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

## AI Etymology
Inevitable comes from Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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