🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

irrevocabile

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ir.re.voˈka.bi.le/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Irrevocable/ɪˈrɛv.ə.kə.bəl/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sua dimissione è irrevocabile."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final.

    "The committee made an irrevocable decision regarding the cancellation of the project."
  2. 2

    Incapable of being revoked or repealed.

    "The trust agreement was established as an irrevocable contract between the parties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word 'irrevocable', originating from the Latin 'irrevocabilis', formed by the negative prefix 'in-' (not) combined with 'revocare' (to call back or revoke). Over time, the meaning has remained stable, denoting an action, decision, or condition that is impossible to alter, retract, or undo.

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