Dictionary Definition
inevitable adj
1 incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the
inevitable result" [ant: evitable]
2 invariably occurring or appearing; "the
inevitable changes of the seasons" n : an unavoidable event; "don't
argue with the inevitable"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From inevitabilis "unavoidable" ().- comes from the Latin word vitare- to avoid
Pronunciation
Adjective
- impossible to
avoid or prevent
- We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
- predictable, or
always happening
- My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
Derived terms
Translations
impossible to avoid or prevent
- Chinese: 無可避免
- Czech: nevyhnutelný
- Dutch: onvermijdelijk, onafwendbaar
- Estonian: vältimatu
- Finnish: väistämätön, vääjäämätön
- German: unvermeidlich, unabwendbar
- Italian: inevitabile
- Japanese: 不可避な, 避けることのできない
- Korean: 피할 수 없는
- Slovak: neodvratný
- Spanish: inevitable
- Swedish: oundviklig
predictable, or always happening
- Dutch: voorspelbaar
- Finnish: ennalta arvattava
- German: zwangsläufig
- Italian: inevitabile
- Japanese: 必至な, 恒常的な, 常習の
Spanish
Adjective
- inevitable (unable to be avoided)
Related terms
Extensive Definition
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 released "Squirrel Nut Zippers" in 1995.
- Da Inevitable was released by Koopsta Knicca.
- Inevitable is a song written by Shakira.
- Inevitable Alien Nation is the second album by Keoki.
- The Inevitable is an album by Cormega.
- The Inevitability of a Strange World was released in 2006 by Halifax.
- Mushroomhead released "Inevitable" in the album M3 in 1999.
- Anberlin released the song "Inevitable" in the album Cities in 2007
Books
- Steven Goldberg's book The Inevitability of Patriarchy was published in 1973.
Alternative use
- In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, inevitables are extraplanar magical constructs.
Quotes
- xxxholic, Yuuko Ichihara : - "In This world there no such thing as coincidence, only inevitability."
- The Matrix, Agent Smith (hearing the coming subway): - "Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability."
- The Matrix Revolutions, Neo: - "You were right Smith. You're always right. It was inevitable."
- John F Kennedy: - "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
- Isaac Asimov: - "It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant."
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines T-500 : - "Judgement day is inevitable."
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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