Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If something is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.
If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow...
The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.
= unavoidable
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that
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The inevitable is something which is inevitable.
'It's just delaying the inevitable,' he said.
N-SING: the N