Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with inevitable in American Collocation
inevitable adjectiveWhat are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
almost
A strike is now almost inevitable.
perhaps
His parents were farmers, so it was perhaps inevitable that he would spend most of his working life connected with the land.
probably
The eventual outcome was probably inevitable.
according to what seems to be true
The new training programme aims to break this seemingly inevitable decline.
rather
Living so close to the sea, I guess it was fairly inevitable that I’d develop an interest in sailing.
completely
It’s absolutely inevitable that it’s going to happen at some point.
in a way that you think is bad or wrong
The result was sadly inevitable.
result
She said this criticism and interference was the inevitable consequence of giving more power to judges.
decision
This line of argument leads to the inevitable conclusion that military force is the only solution to this conflict.
fighting
It now seems certain that war is inevitable.
problem
Whilst some disruption is inevitable with a project of this nature, we will endeavour to keep inconvenience to a minimum.
bad situation
As a society we must innovate or face inevitable economic decline.
change
Change is inevitable and the school must embrace that process and see it as an opportunity.
mistake
Mistakes are inevitable in an operation on this scale.
disappointment
Such disappointments are inevitable in any market economy.
loss
The airlines are streamlining their businesses, and job losses are inevitable.
When the talks collapsed, the closure of the firm became inevitable.
A general lowering of standards seems inevitable.
Some unhappiness can be seen as natural and inevitable.
Change, in one form or another, is both inevitable and desirable.