inevitable

1. 1
   adjective

   Certain to happen, no matter what anyone does to stop it.

   Like the sunrise: nothing you do can stop it from coming.

   With dark clouds filling the sky, rain seemed inevitable.

   If you never study, failing the test is inevitable.

   Similarunavoidable, inescapable, certain, inexorable, assured

   Oppositeavoidable, preventable, uncertain

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2. 2
   adjective

   Happening so often or so regularly that everyone expects it.

   At every party, my uncle tells the same inevitable story about his first car.

   When the teacher said there would be a quiz, the inevitable groans filled the room.

   Similarpredictable, usual, customary, habitual, familiar

   Oppositeunexpected, surprising, unusual

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Something that is sure to happen and cannot be stopped.

   She kept putting off the dentist visit, but in the end she had to face the inevitable.

   You cannot stop getting older, so it is better to accept the inevitable.

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