inevitability
pronunciation
How to pronounce inevitability in British English: UK [ɪnˌevɪtə'bɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce inevitability in American English: US [ɪnˌevɪtə'bɪlətɪ]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being unavoidable
Word Origin
- inevitability (n.)
- 1640s, from inevitable + -ity.
Example
- 1. They accept the inevitability of passing feelings .
- 2. Like in the greek tragedy , there is a sense of inevitability .
- 3. In other words , there was a certain inevitability to darwin 's theory .
- 4. I 'm not so sure about the inevitability of this surveillance state .
- 5. There is a sad inevitability to this - human nature means that attention to the big internationalist issues ebbs and flows .