inevitable
n.n. something that is certain to happen and cannot be stopped or avoided. You use this when you feel that a result is bound to occur no matter what you do.
n. certain to happen; unavoidable. Often used to describe a logical consequence or a natural progression that cannot be circumvented.
Change is an inevitable part of life.
After the team lost their star player to injury, their defeat in the final seemed inevitable.
The historian argued that the collapse of the empire was inevitable given the combination of internal corruption and external military pressure.
From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Typically functions as an attributive adjective before a noun, or as a predicative adjective following a linking verb.
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