inevitable

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Pronunciation

/ɪnˈɛvɪtəbl/(in-EV-it-uh-bl)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

不可避免的；必然发生的（强调无法阻止）

Definition

Certain to happen and impossible to prevent.

Word family

  • inevitability/ɪnˌɛvɪtəˈbɪləti/(n)必然性
  • inevitably/ɪnˈɛvɪtəbli/(adv)不可避免地

Collocations

  • seem inevitable
  • make it inevitable
  • the inevitable conclusion
  • face the inevitable

Examples

  1. 1.With no action taken, the crisis became inevitable. (consequence)
  2. 2.It was inevitable that the secret would eventually come out. (certainty)

Synonyms

  • unavoidable/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbl/— can be positive or negative
  • inescapable/ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbl/— emphasizes being trapped
  • bound to happen (informal equivalent)

Etymology

in- (not) + evitabilis (avoidable) — literally "not avoidable"