inevitability


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in·ev·i·ta·ble

 (ĭn-ĕv′ĭ-tə-bəl)
adj.
1. Impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen. See Synonyms at certain.
2. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable: the inevitable changes of the seasons.
in·ev′i·ta·bil′i·ty, in·ev′i·ta·ble·ness n.
in·ev′i·ta·bly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.inevitability - the quality of being unavoidable
inevitableness
sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
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inevitability

noun
1. certainty, fate, shoo-in (U.S. & Canad.) Success is an inevitability for us.
2. sureness, ineluctability, inexorability or inexorableness, unavoidability or unavoidableness the inevitability of death
Proverbs
"One does not argue against the sun"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
حَتْمِيَّه
nevyhnutelnost
uundgåelighed
väistämättömyys
elkerülhetetlenség
óhjákvæmileiki
kaçınılmazlık

inevitability

[ɪnˌevɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → inevitabilidad f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

inevitability

[ɪnˌɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti] n [fate, result, death] → caractère m inévitable
the inevitability of change → le caractère inévitable du changement
it is an inevitability → c'est inévitable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

inevitability

n → Unvermeidlichkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inevitability

[ɪnˌɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → inevitabilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

inevitable

(inˈevitəbl) adjective
that cannot be avoided; certain to happen, be done, said, used etc. The Prime Minister said that war was inevitable.
inˌevitaˈbility noun
inˈevitably adverb
as you might expect. Inevitably the train was late.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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