adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
UK:/ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/
UK:/ˌɪɹəˈvəʊkəbəl/
UK:/ˌɪɹəˈvɒkəbəl/
US:/iˈɹɛvəkəbəl/
US:/ˌɪɹəˈvoʊkəbəl/
US:/ˌɪɹiˈvoʊkəbəl/
US:/ˌɪɹəˈvɑkəbəl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:IH2 R EH1 V AH0 K AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.