inevitability
nounUK /ɪnˌevɪtəˈbɪləti/
US /ɪnˌevɪtəˈbɪləti/
The fact that something is sure to happen and cannot be stopped.
There was a sense of inevitability about the team's victory after they scored three goals in the first half.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The quality of being impossible to avoid or escape.
The inevitability of change is something every society must accept.
3. A situation or outcome that is bound to occur no matter what.
Losing the match felt like an inevitability once their best player was injured.
4. The philosophical idea that events are fixed and cannot be altered.
Some thinkers argue for the inevitability of history's repeating patterns.