INEVITABLE


Meaning of INEVITABLE in English

adj.1 a unavoidable; sure to happen. b that is bound to occur or appear.

2 colloq. that is tiresomely familiar.

3 (of character-drawing, the development of a plot, etc.) so true to nature etc. as to preclude alternative treatment or solution; convincing.

Derivatives:

inevitability n. inevitableness n. inevitably adv.

Etymology: L inevitabilis (as IN-(1), evitare avoid)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.