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# inevitable

adjective (inevitable); adverb «inevitably»; noun «the inevitable»

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

## Everyday

1. Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#m1)
2. (informal) So usual or expected that everyone knows it will come: the inevitable rain on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and maths, some outcomes are inevitable (the Sun will set; a dropped ball falls). In probability, an inevitable event is «certain». In stories, an inevitable ending is one the reader sees coming. In everyday humour: «the inevitable question: are we there yet?» Phrases: it was inevitable that, the inevitable, delay the inevitable.

### Examples

- It was inevitable that the ice cream would melt in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x1)
- Getting older is inevitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x2)
- With no revision, failing the test was almost inevitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x3)
- On the long car trip came the inevitable question: «Are we there yet?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x4)
- Change is inevitable, so learn to adapt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x5)
- They delayed the inevitable by hiding the broken vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x6)
- Cronus was so enraged at being circumvented that war between the father and son became inevitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced in-EV-it-uh-bul. In maths probability, inevitable = certain = probability 1. Careful: many things people call inevitable are only likely.

## On Mova

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