SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
inevitable
adjective
Certain to occur or impossible to avoid.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Impossible to avoid
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Usage distinction
Return to topInevitable is stronger than likely. Fated and destined introduce an idea of destiny that ordinary inevitability need not imply.
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See inevitable in use
With every seat sold, a queue at the entrance was inevitable.
A second display sheet was inevitable once the class fixed sixty entries into a format allowing only thirty per sheet without changing the size or layout.
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