Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - inexorable
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Inexorable
inexorable
You use inexorable to describe a process which cannot be prevented from continuing or progressing. (FORMAL) ...the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment. = relentless ADJ: usu ADJ n • inexorably Spending on health is growing inexorably... ADV: ADV with v
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adjective Etymology: Latin inexorabilis, from in- + exorabilis pliant, from exorare to prevail upon, from ex- + orare to speak — more at oration Date: 1542 not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped ; relentless ~ progress • inexorability noun • ~ness noun • inexorably adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 relentless. 2 (of a person or attribute) that cannot be persuaded by request or entreaty. Derivatives inexorability n. inexorably adv. Etymology: F inexorable or L inexorabilis (as IN-(1), exorare entreat) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. неумолимый, непреклонный inexorable demands —- жесткие требования inexorable destiny (fate) —- неумолимая судьба inexorable nature of facts —- неумолимость фактов ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. неумолимый, безжалостный; непреклонный; непоколебимый Syn: merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, relenting Ant: alterable, changeable, clement, humane, lenient, placable, yielding ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal an inexorable process cannot be stopped (the inexorable decline of Britain's manufacturing industry) - inexorably adv (The story moves inexorably towards its tragic conclusion.) - inexorability n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1553, from L. inexorabilis, from in- "not" + exorabilis "able to be entreated," from exorare "to prevail upon," from ex- "out" + orare "pray." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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