inevitable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unavoidable event
    • don't argue with the inevitable
  2. adjective incapable of being avoided or prevented
    • the inevitable result
  3. adjective satellite invariably occurring or appearing
    • the inevitable changes of the seasons

WordNet

In*ev"i*ta*ble adjective
Etymology
L. inevitabilis: cf. F. inévitable. See In- not, and Evitable.
Definitions
  1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. "The inevitable hour." Gray.
    It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. Burke.
  2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Dryden.

Webster 1913