Word Of The Day

Inevitable

ɪnˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

adjective

adjective: inevitable

1. 1.

   certain to happen; unavoidable.

   "war was inevitable"

   synonyms:

   unavoidable, inescapable, bound to happen, sure to happen, inexorable, unpreventable, assured, certain, for sure, sure, fated, predestined, predetermined, preordained, ineluctable; More necessary, compulsory, required, obligatory, mandatory, prescribed; rareineludible "his resignation was inevitable"

   antonyms:

   avoidable, uncertain

   • informal

     so frequently experienced or seen that it is completely predictable.

     "the inevitable letter from the bank"

noun

noun: inevitable

1. 1.

   a situation that is unavoidable.

   "by the morning he had accepted the inevitable"

Origin

late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + evitabilis ‘avoidable’ (from evitare ‘avoid’).