ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIinevitable
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inevitable
Meaning: certain to happen; unavoidable
inevitable in a sentence
How inevitable is used in real sentences:
Given the team's poor record, defeat seemed inevitable.
With ticket sales collapsing, the theater's closing became inevitable.
“Some changes were inevitable once rehearsals began, because actors needed pathways that drawings had not revealed.”
— from the passage The Turning Walls
Synonyms for inevitable
Other words for inevitable — unavoidable, inescapable and certain — carry the same meaning.
- unavoidable
- inescapable
- certain
Antonyms of inevitable
Words that mean the opposite of inevitable:
- avoidable
- uncertain
Where it comes from
From Latin in- 'not' + evitare 'to avoid'
Memory hook
in-EVIT-able — you cannot EVADE what is inevitable.
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