Definitions for: Inevitable


[n] an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"
[adj] incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"
[adj] invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*ev"i*ta*ble, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F.
in['e]vitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable;
certain. ``The inevitable hour.'' --Gray.

It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted
in the nature of things. --Burke.

2. Irresistible. ``Inevitable charms.'' --Dryden.

Synonyms: fatal, fateful, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, predictable, unavoidable

Antonyms: avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable

See Also: destiny, fate

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