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Inevitable
inevitable
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If something is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow... The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy. = unavoidable ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that • The inevitable is something which is inevitable. ‘It’s just delaying the inevitable,’ he said. N-SING: the N
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- + evitabilis evitable Date: 14th century incapable of being avoided or evaded an ~ outcome • inevitability noun • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a unavoidable; sure to happen. b that is bound to occur or appear. 2 colloq. that is tiresomely familiar. 3 (of character-drawing, the development of a plot, etc.) so true to nature etc. as to preclude alternative treatment or solution; convincing. Derivatives inevitability n. inevitableness n. inevitably adv. Etymology: L inevitabilis (as IN-(1), evitare avoid) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. неизбежный, неминуемый 2. разг. неизменный, постоянный a tourist with his inevitable camera —- турист со своим неизменным фотоаппаратом inevitable row —- обычный скандал Id: the inevitable hour —- смертный час ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) неизбежный, неминуемый 2) coll. неизменный tourists with their inevitable cameras - туристы со своими неизменными фотоаппаратами Syn: inescapable, necessary, unavoidable Ant: avertible, chance, optional, preventable ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 certain to happen and impossible to avoid (A further escalation of the crisis now seems inevitable.) 2 the inevitable a situation that is certain to happen (One day the inevitable happened and I was caught sneaking in late.) 3 only before noun happening so regularly that you know it will happen again (the inevitable bouts of travel sickness on school trips) - inevitability n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1443, from L. inevitabilis "unavoidable," from in- "not" + evitabilis "avoidable," from evitare "to avoid," from ex- "out" + vitare "shun," originally "go out of the way." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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