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I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
J. J. Abrams

Meaning of "inevitability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEVITABILITY

inevitability  [ɪnˌɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEVITABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inevitability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INEVITABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inevitability in the English dictionary

The definition of inevitability in the dictionary is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. Other definition of inevitability is something that is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEVITABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEVITABILITY

inescapably
inesculent
inescutcheon
inessential
inessentiality
inessive
inestimability
inestimable
inestimableness
inestimably
inevitable
inevitableness
inevitably
inexact
inexactitude
inexactly
inexactness
inexcitable
inexcusability
inexcusable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEVITABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
viability
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of inevitability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEVITABILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inevitability» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inevitability

Translation of «inevitability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEVITABILITY

Find out the translation of inevitability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inevitability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inevitability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

必然性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inevitabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

inevitability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिवार्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حتمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизбежность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inevitabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবশ্যম্ভাবিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caractère inévitable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dielakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unvermeidlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

必然性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불가피성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora bisa ditindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể tránh được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவிர்க்க இயலாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिवार्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaçınılmazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inevitabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuchronność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неминучість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inevitabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπόφευκτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onafwendbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oundviklighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uunngåelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inevitability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEVITABILITY»

The term «inevitability» is very widely used and occupies the 17.418 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEVITABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inevitability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inevitability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inevitability

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10 QUOTES WITH «INEVITABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inevitability.
1
J. J. Abrams
I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
2
Alfred Adler
Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.
3
Lester Bangs
As far as a truly radical conscience, you have to take it as part of a larger thing, that it was sort of historical inevitability that with the coming of a leaguer society people would start to use drugs a lot more then they had before.
4
Morris Raphael Cohen
Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability.
5
Morris Raphael Cohen
Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability.
6
Peter Conrad
The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent.
7
Martin Donovan
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.
8
Rebecca Hall
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.
9
Chuck Jones
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.
10
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEVITABILITY»

Discover the use of inevitability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inevitability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inevitability: determinism, fatalism, and destiny
"Choice" This book examines the ways in which human beings seek to cope with uncertainty by means of doctrines that postulate degrees of inevitability. These doctrines originate in natural science, social science, philosophy, and religion.
Leonard William Doob, 1988
2
New-dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes
Trudgill argues no role in colonial dialect development and that the work of dialect formation was carried out by children over a period of two generations.
Peter Trudgill, 2004
3
Chinese New Migrants in Suriname: The Inevitability of ...
This book covers various aspects of New Chinese Migration in Suriname in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Paul B. Tjon Sie Fat, 2009
4
A Politics of Inevitability: The Privatisation of the Berlin ...
This book provides a detailed analysis of the controversial privatisation of the Berlin Water Company (BWB) in 1999.
Ross Beveridge, 2011
5
The Inevitability of Earth: Short Story
But grandfather's nowhere to be found, and his grandmother has secrets of her own. From Monstrous Affections, this tale is part of Stoker Award-winner David Nickle’s collection of short fiction about love in all its horrific proportions.
David Nickle, 2013
6
Writing Thatcherism: The Inevitability of Interconnectedness
Hague). But this is just one side of the coin.
Miriam Welfert, 2008
7
Understanding Miscarriages of Justice: Law, the Media, and ...
In a society in which justice is uncertain and contested, how can we talk meaningfully about miscarriage of justice? The book examines the structural conditions that inevitably produce high-profile miscarriages of justice.
Richard Nobles, David Schiff (senior lecturer in law.), 2000
8
Respecting state courts: the inevitability of judicial ...
Solimine and Walker provide a comprehensive examination of the major issues revolving around judicial federalism.
Michael E. Solimine, James L. Walker, 1999
9
Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture
Both the covers and the content of these publications make it clear that the discourse of inevitability is first and foremost a marketing strategy, a way of selling what is “new and next,” along with promises and visions of the future. To the extent ...
‎2007
10
Immortality: The Inevitability of Eternal Life
Kabbalist Rav Berg offers penetrating insights into the age-old mysteries of life, death, and immortality.
Kabbalist Rav Berg, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEVITABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inevitability is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Ultimate Bucket-List Travel Guide - WSJ
BUCKET-LIST DESTINATION: I have a sense of inevitability about visiting the temples and gardens in Kyoto. At Ryoanji Temple there is a water ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
'The trash won't wash out': Chapter 3 of Harper Lee's 'Go Set A …
Alexandra's notion of the inevitability of one's lineage is why Scout absconds to the North for most of the year, it would appear. In the city ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
The Colorado Rockies' least valuable player for the first half of 2015 …
But again, his struggles were practically an inevitability; you wouldn't get angry at the moon when the rising tide destroys your sand castle, ... «Purple Row, Jul 15»
4
'Tyrant' actress Moran Atias has an intense ambition to succeed - LA …
There was an inevitability about it," he said. "She had a clear idea of who the character was, and she's exceeded expectations." But Hollywood ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
Short Circuit Starts a Robot Revolution in Longmont | Westword
You can prepare yourself for this horrific inevitability, or even study how you might fight it, with a trip to the Longmont Museum for its new ... «Westword, Jul 15»
6
Why Republicans Are Losing the Obamacare Battle | The National …
... and dozens of ill-fated congressional votes for repeal, the Affordable Care Act is starting to acquire an aura of permanence and inevitability. «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
7
The Inevitability of a Mobile Age
You don't need me to tell you that 2015 is a golden age for mobile devices. Phones and tablets are ubiquitous: on public transport, car ... «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
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Proliferation of Mobile Devices Create Inevitability of a Mobile Age
You don't need me to tell you that 2015 is a golden age for mobile devices. Phones and tablets are ubiquitous: on public transport, car ... «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
9
The curious decline of Swansea's Michu and the inevitability of …
The term one-cap wonder is a cruel moniker for those players that are only afforded one shot at international football, with plenty of famous and ... «Proven Quality, Jul 15»
10
Saqib Bhatti Debunks the Inevitability of Austerity in Detroit, Chicago …
“The entire narrative has been shaped around the fact that you have to file bankruptcy, that it's inevitable. … That lets a whole class of people ... «In These Times, Jul 15»

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