Meaning of INEVITABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'evitubul
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- [n] an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"
- [adj] incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"
- [adj] invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons"
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| | Synonyms: | | fatal, fateful, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, predictable, unavoidable |
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| | Antonyms: | | avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable | | |
| | See Also: | | destiny, fate | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F.
in['e]vitable. See {In-} not, and {Evitable}.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable;
certain. ``The inevitable hour.'' --Gray.
It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted
in the nature of things. --Burke.
2. Irresistible. ``Inevitable charms.'' --Dryden.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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