inevitability
/ɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti/
inevitability noun: the condition of being inevitable.
Noun
inevitability (countable and uncountable, plural inevitabilities)
- The condition of being inevitable.
- Now, cramped and outclassed as Euston has become, rebuilding hangs over it with an awful inevitability.1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
- Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was...2014 November 2, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- certainty, inescapableness, necessity, sure thing
- An inevitable condition or outcome.
inevitability meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
inevitability in Hindi
- the condition of being inevitable
- अपरिहार्यता aprihāryatā
inevitability in Tamil
- செல்லாமை
inevitability in Urdu
- اٹل پن, ناگریزی
inevitability in Kannada
- inevitability
- ಆವಶ್ಯಕ್ತೇ āvaśyaktē
Examples of inevitability in a sentence
- Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.
- The norm is submission to the supposed iron laws of technological inevitability that brook no impediment.
- With every burst of news from Europe the inevitability of war became more certain.
Synonyms of inevitability
Antonyms
Forms of inevitability
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Origin of inevitability
From inevitable + -ity.
Words formed from inevitability
Questions about inevitability
- What does inevitability mean?
- Inevitability means the condition of being inevitable.
- What is inevitability in Hindi?
- Inevitability in Hindi is अपरिहार्यता (aprihāryatā). See Inevitability meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inevitability?
- Inevitability is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inevitability?
- Inevitability is pronounced /ɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of inevitability?
- The plural of inevitability is inevitabilities.
Words near inevitability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inevitability (page history and authors); inevitability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inevitability (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಆವಶ್ಯಕ್ತೇ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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