irrevocable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
irrevocable (not comparable)
- Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:
- Firm and irrevocable is my doom
- Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- I have talked thus to you, child, not to insult you for what is past and irrevocable, but to caution and strengthen you for the future.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:
- On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
- 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):
- Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:
Translations[edit]
unable to be retracted or reversed
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Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
irrevocable (plural irrevocables)
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- English terms derived from Middle French
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English words prefixed with ir-
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- English 5-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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