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During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago.
Norman Borlaug

Meaning of "inevitable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INEVITABLE

From Latin inēvītābilis, from in-1 + ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre to shun, from vītāre to avoid.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INEVITABLE

inevitable  [ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEVITABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inevitable can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INEVITABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inevitable in the English dictionary

The definition of inevitable in the dictionary is unavoidable. Other definition of inevitable is sure to happen; certain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEVITABLE


auditable
ˈɔːdɪtəbəl
charitable
ˈtʃærɪtəbəl
debatable
dɪˈbeɪtəbəl
equitable
ˈɛkwɪtəbəl
evitable
ˈɛvɪtəbəl
excitable
ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl
habitable
ˈhæbɪtəbəl
hospitable
ˈhɒspɪtəbəl
inflatable
ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl
inimitable
ɪˈnɪmɪtəbəl
irritable
ˈɪrɪtəbəl
locatable
ləʊˈkeɪtəbəl
marketable
ˈmɑːkɪtəbəl
profitable
ˈprɒfɪtəbəl
relatable
rɪˈleɪtəbəl
rotatable
rəʊˈteɪtəbəl
transitable
ˈtrænsɪtəbəl
veritable
ˈvɛrɪtəbəl
visitable
ˈvɪzɪtəbəl
writable
ˈraɪtəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEVITABLE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEVITABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
adjustable
comfortable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
potable
printable
reputable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of inevitable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEVITABLE»

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

Translation of «inevitable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEVITABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不可避免的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inevitable
570 millions of speakers

English

inevitable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपरिहार्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَحْتُومٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизбежный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inevitável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনিবার্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inévitable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dielakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unvermeidlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

避けられない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

필연적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora bisa ditampa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể tránh được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவிர்க்க முடியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपरिहार्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaçınılmaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inevitabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieunikniony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неминучий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inevitabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπόφευκτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvermydelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oundviklig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uunngåelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inevitable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEVITABLE»

The term «inevitable» is very widely used and occupies the 14.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEVITABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inevitable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inevitable» 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 inevitable

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10 QUOTES WITH «INEVITABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inevitable.
1
Walter Anderson
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Julian Assange
We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks.
3
Bill Ayers
Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable.
4
Albert Bandura
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
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Annie Besant
'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth.
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Norman Borlaug
During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago.
7
William Boyd
At a time when there's younger writers starting up and it's inevitable that you're becoming less fashionable, at a time when the industrial pressures apply more and more to books, how do you keep a book you wrote 28 years ago selling well year on year? Because it really is getting harder.
8
Rene Cassin
When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable.
9
Coco Chanel
Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
10
Dustin Clare
I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEVITABLE»

Discover the use of inevitable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inevitable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning: Learning in the Age of ...
The transformational change of MCL becomes clear, logical, and believable. Mass Customizing Learning is necessary and ..... well.... Inevitable . . . and this book describes how to do it.
Charles Schwahn, Bea Mcgarvey, 2012
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Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
Analyzes and evaluates United States activities, over the decades, in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica The first edition of Inevitable Revolutions, published ten years ago, was widely hailed and quickly became a ...
Walter LaFeber, 1993
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Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable
Every major executive in America ought to read at least one book on crisis managemnt...The question is: Is Steven Fink's book one that busy executives ought to read? The answer is a resounding yes. The Los Angeles Times, Sunday Book Review
Steven Fink, 1986
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Inevitable Doubt: Two Theories of Shīʻī Jurisprudence
This book is an analysis of the legal theories of two classical Sh Muslim writers: one an Akhb r, the other an Us li. It provides insight, not only into Islamic jurisprudence, but also the Akhb r -Us li conflict in Twelver Sh sm.
Robert Gleave, 2000
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Inevitable
Cornélie de Retz Van Loo, a 23-year-old recently divorced socialite, tries to begin a new life in Italy, with mixed feelings.
Louis Couperus, 2013
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Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence
In a paperback edition featuring a new foreword, the author of The Art of the Long View makes predictions about the business world of tomorrow, arguing that such challenges as terrorism, a dynamic global economy, and rapidly changing ...
‎2004
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Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
Contends that randomness in the universe is limited by the rules of physics and chemistry, resulting in repeated examples of evolutionary convergence that demonstrate life's ability to arrive at a single solution in different ways.
Simon Conway Morris, 2003
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Inevitable Aging?: Contributions to Evolutionary-Demographic ...
Honored by the Max Planck Society with the Otto Hahn Medal 2007 for outstanding scientific achievements Aging is inevitable: this is gerontological dogma.
Annette Baudisch, 2008
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Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds
"A delightful informal survey...the best popular book yet in theis peculiar field"Nature "A fascinating and insightful look.
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, 1996
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Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change
In Managing Software Debt, leading Agile expert Chris Sterling shows how understanding software debt can help you move products to market faster, with a realistic plan for refactoring them based on experience.
Chris Sterling, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEVITABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inevitable is used in the context of the following news items.
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IDF planning larger Gaza fence, but says illicit border crossing …
IDF planning larger Gaza fence, but says illicit border crossing inevitable. Officer says soldiers behaved correctly when Avera Mengistu crossed ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
Government reshuffle inevitable but Tsipras seems in no rush
Government reshuffle inevitable but Tsipras seems in no rush. There is fear of creating a schism within Greece's ruling party. Alexis Tsipras did ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
'Inevitable' some dairy farms will go bust, says O'Connor | Stuff.co.nz
Speaking in Timaru on Thursday, Damien O'Connor said it was "inevitable" growth in the region would slow and some farmers would be ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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ANC can't halt inevitable Cosatu split | Opinion | Analysis | M&G
ANC can't halt inevitable Cosatu split. 17 Jul 2015 00:00 Ebrahim Harvey. Over the years, bitter factionalism has torn at the labour federation and caused deep ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
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Financial Advisor IQ - Preparing Clients for the Inevitable Correction
Preparing Clients for the Inevitable Correction. By Steven Lang July 15, 2015. Memory can play tricks with investors as with anyone else. After seven years of ... «Financial Advisor IQ, Jul 15»
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Redfearn's departure hurts Leeds United, but was inevitable
The risk to Neil Redfearn in becoming Leeds United head coach was borne out by his resignation. There are many who will say that it was ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
7
Naira's Devaluation Inevitable - S&P Financial Analyst
“Another devaluation is inevitable… they will have no option but to devalue,” said Bhatia. READ ALSO: CBN To Let Weakening Naira Into Free Fall On Friday? «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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Preparing Clients for the Inevitable Correction
It stresses that corrections are inevitable but temporary, with most cycles lasting about 40 months, peak to trough. Like Ward, Hugh Anderson, ... «Financial Advisor IQ, Jul 15»
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The psychology of inevitable earthquake | Nation | Nepali Times
The psychology of inevitable earthquake. Nepalis saw disaster coming. Why wasn't more done to prepare for it? Uri Friedman. Everyone knew the Big One was ... «Nepali times, Jul 15»
10
El-Erian: Greek deal only prolongs the inevitable - CNBC.com
Despite the new rescue package, there's still a strong risk that Greece will eventually have to drop the euro, influential economist Mohamed ... «CNBC, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Inevitable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inevitable>. May 2024 ».
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