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inevitable

 
/ɪˈnevɪtəbl/ adjective

Translation

If something is inevitable, you cannot avoid or prevent it.
kaçınılmaz, çaresiz, olması muhakkak, mukadder
[+ (that)] It was inevitable that his crime would be discovered.1756
the inevitable something that cannot be prevented
yazgı, mukadderat, önlenmesi mümkün olmayan
Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a heart attack.1756
inevitably adverb
kaçınılmaz bir biçimde
Inevitably, there was a certain amount of fighting between the groups.
inevitability
 
 
/ɪˌnevɪtəˈbɪləti/ noun [U]
kaçınılmazlık
(Definition of inevitable adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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