noun
inevitability
ih-neh-vih-tuh-BIH-lih-tee
noun
1
The quality of being certain to happen; the fact that something can't be avoided.
"There was a growing sense of inevitability about the team's relegation."
"He spoke about death with a calm acceptance of its inevitability."
How to Use Inevitability
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe feeling or fact that something is bound to happen, whatever you do.
Common pairings
a sense of inevitability
the inevitability of
accept the inevitability
Word Forms
inevitabilities plural
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Etymology
From inevitable + the noun-forming suffix -ity.