inevitable

inevitable: inevitable 1 Inevitable, ineluctable, inescapable, unescapable, unavoidable are comparable when meaning incapable of being shunned or evaded.

Inevitable (see also CERTAIN) implies that causes are already in operation or that the conditions (as of one's existence, one's work, or one's temperament) are such that the thing so described is bound to occur

{
life is full of perils, but the wise man ignores those that are inevitable— Russell
}

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as soon as one lays down a rule . . . one has to face the inevitable exception— Montague
}

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she was winding up all sorts of affairs, with the inevitable result that she was encountering all sorts of urgent expenses which she was unable to meet— Ellis
}

Ineluctable adds to inevitable the suggestions that struggle or defiance is futile and that no way out is possible

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the dangers that beset the world as the result of . . . the ineluctable increase in the human population— Hutchinson
}

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by chance or ineluctable destiny— Dwight Macdo.nald
}

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the pain was deep, deep and ineluctable—A. S. Paton
}

Inescapable and unescapable carry a stronger suggestion than either inevitable or ineluctable that the person concerned would, if he could, avoid what must be but is convinced of its inexorable character

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his inescapable fate
}

{continuity in design appears to be inescapable— Gloag

{
the unescapable expansion of the nation's foreign policy— D. S. Freeman
}

Unavoidable carries a weaker implication of necessary occurrence than the other terms, but it does imply that the exercise of foresight or care has not enabled one to escape what has occurred

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unavoidable delays
}

{
an unavoidable accident
}

Analogous words: *certain, necessary: determined, settled, decided (see DECIDE): inexorable, inflexible

Antonyms: evitable

Contrasted words: escapable, avoidable, eludible, evadable (see corresponding verbs at ESCAPE): preventable (see corresponding verb at PREVENT)

2 *certain, necessary

Analogous words: infallible, inerrant, unerring: *perfect, entire, whole: definitive, determinative, decisive, *conclusive

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Synonyms:

Unavoidable, necessary, not to be escaped, that must be suffered

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Inevitable — «Inevitable» Sencillo de Shakira del álbum ¿Dónde están los ladrones? Grabación 1998 Género(s) Rock alternativo Duración 3:16 … Wikipedia Español
inévitable — [ inevitabl ] adj. • 1377; lat. inevitabilis 1 ♦ Qu on ne peut éviter, qui se produit sans qu on puisse l empêcher. ⇒ certain, fatal, immanquable, inéluctable, obligatoire. « Si tous laissent les choses aller, la catastrophe est inévitable »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Inevitable — derives from the Latin word vitare (to avoid) and the prefix in (meaning not or without). It refers to something that cannot be avoided.Business* Inevitable disclosure is a legal doctrine related to employer rights.Music* The Inevitable was… … Wikipedia
Inevitable — In*ev i*ta*ble, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in[ e]vitable. See {In } not, and {Evitable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. The inevitable hour. Gray. [1913 Webster] It was inevitable; it was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inevitable — I adjective about to happen, approaching, assured, at hand, brewing, certain, decided, definite, destined, determined, fated, fixed, following, foreordained, forthcoming, guaranteed, imminent, impending, in store, in the offing, ineluctable,… … Law dictionary
inevitable — Inevitable. adj. de tout genre. Qui ne se peut eviter. Un malheur inevitable. sa mort est inevitable … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
inevitable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que no se puede evitar: Era una decisión inevitable. Deberemos sufrir las inevitables consecuencias de esta remodelación … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
inevitable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ certain to happen; unavoidable. ► NOUN (the inevitable) ▪ a situation that is unavoidable. DERIVATIVES inevitability noun inevitably adverb. ORIGIN Latin inevitabilis, from in not + evitare avoid … English terms dictionary
inevitable — [in ev′i tə bəl] adj. [ME < L inevitabilis: see IN 2 & EVITABLE] that cannot be avoided or evaded; certain to happen n. that which is inevitable: often preceded by the inevitability n. inevitably adv … English World dictionary
inevitable — mid 15c., from L. inevitabilis unavoidable, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + evitabilis avoidable, from evitare to avoid, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vitare … Etymology dictionary

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