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{
"term": "inevitable",
"partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "that you cannot avoid or prevent",
"sensetop": "it is inevitable that",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was an inevitable consequence of the decision."
},
{
"text": "It was inevitable that there would be job losses.",
"contextForm": "it is inevitable that"
},
{
"text": "A rise in interest rates seems inevitable."
},
{
"text": "The scandal made her resignation inevitable."
},
{
"text": "They came to see defeat as inevitable."
}
],
"synonyms": "unavoidable",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["almost", "virtually", "apparently"],
"phrases": ["bow to the inevitable"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "happening so often that you always expect it",
"labels": "(often humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the English and their inevitable cups of tea"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["almost", "virtually", "apparently"],
"phrases": ["bow to the inevitable"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "something that is certain to happen",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You have to accept the inevitable."
},
{
"text": "The inevitable happened—I forgot my passport."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈevɪtəbl/",
"audio": "in/inevitable/inevitable__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈevɪtəbl/",
"audio": "in/inevitable/inevitable__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + evitabilis ‘avoidable’ (from evitare ‘avoid’)."
}