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# inevitability

noun (inevitability, inevitabilities)

«inevitability» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Inevitability is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#m1)
2. An inevitability is something that will surely happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the inevitability of seasons and tides follows from how the Earth moves. In life, ageing and death are inevitabilities; in religion and ethics people think about how to live with them. In stories, a sense of inevitability builds when readers feel a disaster is coming. In maths, an event with probability 1 is certain.

### Examples

- There was an inevitability about the result after the first goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x1)
- Growing older is an inevitability. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x2)
- The inevitability of winter means we must store food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x3)
- The story built a sense of inevitability towards the shipwreck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x4)
- Change is an inevitability in every school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x5)
- Some people accept the inevitability of mistakes and learn from them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/#x6)

### Note

Noun from «inevitable». Usually uncountable; «an inevitability» for one sure thing. In maths, certainty = probability 1.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inevitability» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inevitability» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inevitability.html) on Mova free.