{
    "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’)."
}