inevitableadjective
uk/ɪˈnev.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ˌɪnˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/C1 certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented:
The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome of carelessness.
the inevitable
something that is certain to happen and cannot be prevented:
Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a heart attack.
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- Unfortunately, violence is the inevitable corollary of such a revolutionary change in society.
- The eclipse of the ruling political party was inevitable.
- The factory closure is seemingly inevitable.
- The endless public appearances are an inevitable part of an election campaign.
- When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inevitable
- all roads lead to Rome idiom
- automatic
- automatically
- be (only) a matter of time idiom
- be damned if you do and damned if you don't idiom
- be nothing for it idiom
- be part and parcel of sth idiom
- damned
- doom
- fate
- fated
- implacable
- inexorable
- it can't be helped idiom
- matter
- relentless
- remorseless
- seal
- seal sb's fate idiom
- unstoppable
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inevitability
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˌnev.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪnˌev.ə.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the inevitability of change