inevitable Definition
in·evi·table (in ev′i tə bəl)
adjective
that cannot be avoided or evaded; certain to happen
noun
that which is inevitable: often preceded by the
inevitable Related Forms
inevitable Synonyms
inevitable
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inevitable Usage Examples
Preposition: that
- mistake: However, the frenetic tempo of e-commerce makes it inevitable that mistakes will occasionally occur.
- someone: Although we try to keep our prices as low as possible it's inevitable that someone will try to offer a better price.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: Despite the almost inevitable US bias it is still worth a visit.
- seemingly: A composition that is seemingly inevitable, not labored.
- perhaps: This is perhaps inevitable, given that the interest has arisen directly from the social sciences.
- virtually: It is virtually inevitable that all information not strictly kept under wraps will make it onto the WWW.
- but: The reason is that it is all but inevitable that there will be sizeable gilt issues coming along for the foreseeable future.
- somehow: We seem to see it as somehow inevitable, or at least completely beyond our control or influence.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: However, such a shift does not make success inevitable: effort does.
Modifies a noun
- consequence: Every action has inevitable consequences, which mold the future.
- demise: Some try to salvage the dominant paradigm with endless minute adjustments that merely prolong its inevitable demise.
- conclusion: Surely New Labor was the inevitable conclusion of Kinnock's modernisation process?
- backlash: This way, the Referee obtains the name before the inevitable backlash of incredulity.
- corollary: With the inevitable corollary that what should be a corporate benefit has just become a corporate exposure!
- trade-off: This is partly explained by the US blockade, but is there an inevitable trade-off between growth and equity?
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Now a trip up to Teesside seems inevitable to resolve the league.
- become: Somewhere in this big bang time the eventual formation of Stan's Cafe became inevitable.
- look: Change looks inevitable; we need to address the end result with open negotiation.
- accept: Does listening generously mean that we have to accept as inevitable that some other christians will regard us as fence sitters?
- consider: Contact between cheeses and transfer of some cheese material was considered inevitable.
Browse dictionary entries near inevitable
- ‹ Inetd
- ‹ inestimable
- ‹ inessential
- ‹ inescapable
- ‹ inertial guidance (or navigation)
- ‹ inertia
- ‹ inert
- ‹ inerrant
- ‹ inerrable
- ‹ inerasable
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- inexact ›
- inexcusable ›
- inexcusably ›
- inexertion ›
- inexhaustible ›
- inexistent ›
- inexorable ›
- inexorably ›
- inexpedient ›

