HOW TO PRONOUNCE
inevitable
/ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl/
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Give “nev” the strongest beat.
In ih-NEV-uh-tuh-buhl, use five syllables and stress NEV. Keep the following syllables lighter, especially the final uh vowel before l.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The narrator describes the change as inevitable.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does inevitable mean?
adjective
- Impossible to avoid or prevent.
- Predictable or always happening.
noun
- Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl/
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Without her it was inevitable that the reaction from the long strain to which he had subjected himself should affect him disastrously.
I knew that to Ned Land, as well as to all other navigators who had preceded us, this was an inevitable obstacle.
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The enlightened, cultivated, intelligent man, who supports the system of which the trader is the inevitable result, or the poor trader himself?
With this deadly compound machine they actually ascended from Boulogne, and had not left the land when the inevitable catastrophe took place.
Whatever the German attitude, and we could hardly expect it to be friendly, the strangle-hold at the outbreak of war was inevitable.