INEVITABLE


Meaning of INEVITABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnevɪtəb(ə)l ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

If something is inevitable , it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.

If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow...

The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.

= unavoidable

ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ that

The inevitable is something which is inevitable.

‘It’s just delaying the inevitable,’ he said.

N-SING : the N

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