inevitable

inevitable
I adjective about to happen, approaching, assured, at hand, brewing, certain, decided, definite, destined, determined, fated, fixed, following, foreordained, forthcoming, guaranteed, imminent, impending, in store, in the offing, ineluctable, includible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitabilis, looming, near, necessarius, next, ordained, predestined, preordained, sure, sure to happen, to come, unalterable, unavoidable, unchangeable, unfailing, unpreventable, unquestionable associated concepts: inevitable accident, inevitable casualty, inevitable occurrence II index categorical, certain (fixed), certain (positive), definite, forthcoming, future, irremediable, irrevocable, necessary (inescapable), necessity, unalterable

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  • Inevitable — «Inevitable» Sencillo de Shakira del álbum ¿Dónde están los ladrones? Grabación 1998 Género(s) Rock alternativo Duración 3:16 …   Wikipedia Español

  • inévitable — [ inevitabl ] adj. • 1377; lat. inevitabilis 1 ♦ Qu on ne peut éviter, qui se produit sans qu on puisse l empêcher. ⇒ certain, fatal, immanquable, inéluctable, obligatoire. « Si tous laissent les choses aller, la catastrophe est inévitable »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Inevitable — derives from the Latin word vitare (to avoid) and the prefix in (meaning not or without). It refers to something that cannot be avoided.Business* Inevitable disclosure is a legal doctrine related to employer rights.Music* The Inevitable was… …   Wikipedia

  • inevitable — 1 Inevitable, ineluctable, inescapable, unescapable, unavoidable are comparable when meaning incapable of being shunned or evaded. Inevitable (see also CERTAIN) implies that causes are already in operation or that the conditions (as of one s… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Inevitable — In*ev i*ta*ble, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in[ e]vitable. See {In } not, and {Evitable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. The inevitable hour. Gray. [1913 Webster] It was inevitable; it was… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inevitable — Inevitable. adj. de tout genre. Qui ne se peut eviter. Un malheur inevitable. sa mort est inevitable …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • inevitable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que no se puede evitar: Era una decisión inevitable. Deberemos sufrir las inevitables consecuencias de esta remodelación …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • inevitable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ certain to happen; unavoidable. ► NOUN (the inevitable) ▪ a situation that is unavoidable. DERIVATIVES inevitability noun inevitably adverb. ORIGIN Latin inevitabilis, from in not + evitare avoid …   English terms dictionary

  • inevitable — [in ev′i tə bəl] adj. [ME < L inevitabilis: see IN 2 & EVITABLE] that cannot be avoided or evaded; certain to happen n. that which is inevitable: often preceded by the inevitability n. inevitably adv …   English World dictionary

  • inevitable — mid 15c., from L. inevitabilis unavoidable, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + evitabilis avoidable, from evitare to avoid, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vitare …   Etymology dictionary

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