B1adjective · common

inevitable

inevitable · more inevitable · most inevitable

неминучий, невідворотний

неизбежный, неминуемый, неотвратимый

unvermeidlich, zwangsläufig, unabwendbar

Impossible to avoid or preventImpossible to avoid or prevent.

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/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/

» Their meeting was inevitable.

Ihr Treffen war unvermeidbar.

Их встреча была неизбежна.

Їх зустріч була неминучою.

Meaning

2 senses

Impossible to avoid or prevent.
We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
unvermeidlich, unabwendbar
неизбе́жныйneizbéžnyj, немину́емыйneminújemyj, неотврати́мыйneotvratímyj
немину́чийnemynúčyj, невідворо́тнийnevidvorótnyj
Predictable or always happening.
My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
zwangsläufig
неизбе́жныйneizbéžnyj, немину́емыйneminújemyj

More definitions

incapable of being avoided or prevented
invariably occurring or appearing

Examples

133 sentences

Their meeting was inevitable.
Їх зустріч була неминучою. — mkazarian
ruИх встреча была неизбежна. — marafon
deIhr Treffen war unvermeidbar. — lilygilder
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It's inevitable that'll happen.
Це неминуче станеться. — Rovo
ruЭто неизбежно произойдёт. — marafon
deEs ist unvermeidbar, daß das passieren wird. — Waldelfe
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It was inevitable, wasn't it?
Це було неминучим, еге ж? — deniko
ruЭто было неизбежным, не так ли? — Desoxyribose
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It's inevitable that that'll happen.
Це неминуче станеться. — Rovo
ruЭто неизбежно произойдёт. — marafon
deEs ist unvermeidbar, daß das passieren wird. — Waldelfe
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Accidents are inevitable.
Нещасні випадки неминучі. — deniko
ruНесчастные случаи неизбежны. — sharptoothed
deUnfälle sind unvermeidlich. — MUIRIEL
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

impossible to avoid or prevent:

Русский

By meaning 1

impossible to avoid or prevent:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

impossible to avoid or prevent:

predictable, or always happening:

Origin

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābi

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

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