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Definition of Inevitable

1. Noun. An unavoidable event. "Don't argue with the inevitable"

2. Adjective. Incapable of being avoided or prevented. "The inevitable result"

3. Adjective. Invariably occurring or appearing. "The inevitable changes of the seasons"

Definition of Inevitable

1. a. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.

Definition of Inevitable

1. Adjective. impossible to avoid or prevent ¹

2. Adjective. predictable, or always happening ¹

3. Noun. Something that is predictable, or cannot be avoided. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inevitable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Inevitable

1. 1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. "The inevitable hour." "It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things." (Burke) 2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Origin: L. Inevitabilis: cf. F. Inevitable. See In- not, and Evitable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inevitable

inessentiality inessentially inessentials inessive inessive case inessive cases inessives inesthetic inestimable inestimably

inevasible inevidence inevident inevitabilities inevitability inevitable (current term) inevitable abortion inevitable accident inevitableness inevitables

inevitably inexact inexactitude inexactitudes inexactly inexactness inexactnesses inexcitability inexcitable inexcogitable

Literary usage of Inevitable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1915)
"That is inevitable," said Glaucon, taking his turn in the discussion. IV. " Now," I continued, " will not he who shows himself the wickedest of men ..."

2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"THE inevitable MOVEMENT ONWARD The story of the deaths of Eustacia and Wildeve was told throughout Egdon, and far beyond, for many weeks and months. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"But a vessel Is not required to keep her course after the approach of the advancing vessel Is во near that a collision Is inevitable. ..."

4. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"A conflict with the House of Commons inevitable. James is the aggressor. First Parliament, 1603-4. such a prince was necessarily always despotic; ..."

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