inevitable

Universal Words adjective 1 that you cannot avoid or prevent: It was an inevitable consequence of the decision. * It was inevitable that there would be job losses. * A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable. 2 [onlybeforenoun] (often humorous) so frequent that you always expect it: the English and their inevitable cups of tea 3 (the inevitable) noun [sing.] something that is certain to happen: You have to accept the inevitable. * The inevitable happened-I forgot my passport. inevitability noun [U,sing.]: the inevitability of death * There was an inevitability about their defeat.