inevitable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   incapable of being avoided or prevented

   the inevitable result

2. 2
   adj

   invariably occurring or appearing

   the inevitable changes of the seasons

3. 3
   noun

   an unavoidable event

   don't argue with the inevitable

4. 4
   adj

   Impossible to avoid or prevent.

   We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.

5. 5
   adj

   Predictable or always happening.

   My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.

6. 6
   noun

   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...

7. 7
   name

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

Etymology

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