inevitable
/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Impossible to avoid or prevent.
adj
noun
Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
name
The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Example Sentences
- "We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable."
- "It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]"
- "To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress."
- "My outburst met with the inevitable punishment."
- "This horse and rider, with their free, rhythmical gallop, were the only moving things to be seen on the face of the flat country. They seemed, in the last sad light of evening, not to be there accidentally, but as an inevitable detail of the landscape."
- "Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season."
Etymology
From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: inevitable, inēvītābilis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
- British English: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/