inevitable

adj

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

1. Impossible to avoid or prevent.

   “We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.”

   “It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]”

2. Predictable or always happening.

   “My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.”

   “This horse and rider, with their free, rhythmical gallop, were the only moving things to be seen on the face of the flat country. They seemed, in the last sad light of evening, not to be there accidentally, but as an inevitable detail of the landscape.”

name

1. The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

noun

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

1. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.

   “I pass also the jealousies, the quarrels, the disgusts, that make the catholic questions and corn-bills of married life—and only dwell on one particular: some irresistible hat, some adorable cap, some exquisite robe, has rather elongated your milliner's list of inevitables...”

   “In the migratory patterns of the city's art scenes, there are two inevitables: First, that neighbourhoods where art makes its home become instantly more attractive; and second, because of it, art won't be at home for long.”