inevitable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.

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

2. 2
   adj

   So usual or predictable that it always happens.

   After the long meeting came the inevitable round of questions.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.

   In the end, we had to accept the inevitable.

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

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