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Inevitable — «Inevitable» Sencillo de Shakira del álbum ¿Dónde están los ladrones? Grabación 1998 Género(s) Rock alternativo Duración 3:16 … Wikipedia Español
inévitable — [ inevitabl ] adj. • 1377; lat. inevitabilis 1 ♦ Qu on ne peut éviter, qui se produit sans qu on puisse l empêcher. ⇒ certain, fatal, immanquable, inéluctable, obligatoire. « Si tous laissent les choses aller, la catastrophe est inévitable »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Inevitable — derives from the Latin word vitare (to avoid) and the prefix in (meaning not or without). It refers to something that cannot be avoided.Business* Inevitable disclosure is a legal doctrine related to employer rights.Music* The Inevitable was… … Wikipedia
inevitable — 1 Inevitable, ineluctable, inescapable, unescapable, unavoidable are comparable when meaning incapable of being shunned or evaded. Inevitable (see also CERTAIN) implies that causes are already in operation or that the conditions (as of one s… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Inevitable — In*ev i*ta*ble, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in[ e]vitable. See {In } not, and {Evitable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. The inevitable hour. Gray. [1913 Webster] It was inevitable; it was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inevitable — I adjective about to happen, approaching, assured, at hand, brewing, certain, decided, definite, destined, determined, fated, fixed, following, foreordained, forthcoming, guaranteed, imminent, impending, in store, in the offing, ineluctable,… … Law dictionary
inevitable — Inevitable. adj. de tout genre. Qui ne se peut eviter. Un malheur inevitable. sa mort est inevitable … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
inevitable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que no se puede evitar: Era una decisión inevitable. Deberemos sufrir las inevitables consecuencias de esta remodelación … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
inevitable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ certain to happen; unavoidable. ► NOUN (the inevitable) ▪ a situation that is unavoidable. DERIVATIVES inevitability noun inevitably adverb. ORIGIN Latin inevitabilis, from in not + evitare avoid … English terms dictionary
inevitable — [in ev′i tə bəl] adj. [ME < L inevitabilis: see IN 2 & EVITABLE] that cannot be avoided or evaded; certain to happen n. that which is inevitable: often preceded by the inevitability n. inevitably adv … English World dictionary
inevitable — mid 15c., from L. inevitabilis unavoidable, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + evitabilis avoidable, from evitare to avoid, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vitare … Etymology dictionary
