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inevitable

adj
/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/UK/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/CA/ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

  1. derived from inēvītābilis — “unavoidable”
  2. borrowed from inevitable

Definitions

  1. Impossible to avoid or prevent.

    • We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
    • It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]
    • To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.

  2. Predictable or always happening.

    • My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.

  3. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.

    • In the migratory patterns of the city's art scenes, there are two inevitables: First, that neighbourhoods where art makes its home become instantly more attractive; and second, because of it, art won't be at home for long.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

The neighborhood

Derived

inevitabilism, inevitability, inevitable abortion, inevitableness, inevitably, noninevitable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inevitable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inevitable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at inevitable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA