# inevitable

Pronunciation: say "i-NEV-i-tuh-buhl" US/UK /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/, AUS /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/

## Adjective

1. Impossible to avoid or prevent, no matter what actions are taken.
   - Simple: Certain to happen, no matter what anyone does to stop it.
   - _Once the company lost its biggest client, layoffs were inevitable._
   - _Historians still debate whether the war was truly inevitable._
2. So predictable or routine that it can always be counted on to happen.
   - Simple: Happening so often or so regularly that everyone expects it.
   - _The keynote ended with the speaker's inevitable plug for his new book._
   - _Monday mornings bring the inevitable backlog of unanswered emails._

## Noun

3. An outcome or event that is predictable, necessary, or impossible to avoid.
   - Simple: Something that is sure to happen and cannot be stopped.
   - _The team delayed announcing the layoffs, but everyone knew they were only postponing the inevitable._
   - _Rather than fight the inevitable, the shop's owner planned an orderly retirement sale._

## Origin

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis meaning 'unavoidable'. This came from in- plus ēvītābilis ('avoidable'), from ēvītāre ('to avoid'), built from ē- ('out') and vītāre ('to shun').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/inevitable (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).