Inevitable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inevitable \In*ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F.
     in['e]vitable. See {In-} not, and {Evitable}.]
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     1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable;
        certain. "The inevitable hour." --Gray.
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              It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted
              in the nature of things.              --Burke.
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     2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inevitable
       adj 1: incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable
              result" [ant: {evitable}]
       2: invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes
          of the seasons"
       n : an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "inevitable":
     absolute, apodictic, appointed, binding, bound, certain, clear,
     clear and distinct, clear as day, compulsory, conclusive, decided,
     decisive, definite, destined, determinate, devoted, dictated,
     doomed, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained,
     imperative, in store, in the cards, indefeasible, ineluctable,
     ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, inflexible,
     involuntary, irresistible, irrevocable, mandatory, marked,
     necessary, obligatory, ordained, perfectly sure, positive,
     predestined, predetermined, relentless, required, resistless,
     settled, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, sure-enough, true,
     unambiguous, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeflectable,
     unequivocal, unevadable, univocal, unmistakable, unpreventable,
     unstoppable, unyielding, written