Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: irrevocable
IPA transcription: [,ɪɹ'ɛvəkəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: irrevocable, irrevokable
    Meaning: incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
Usage examples
  • Now, the debtor's sentence is irrevocable: he has but a few days of grace.
  • And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of PERVERSENESS.
  • That which is past is gone, and irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do, with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters.
  • 'That,' said Mrs. Micawber, 'that, at least, is my view, my dear Mr. Copperfield and Mr. Traddles, of the obligation which I took upon myself when I repeated the irrevocable words, "I, Emma, take thee, Wilkins." I read the service over with a flat-candle on the previous night, and the conclusion I derived from it was, that I never could desert Mr. Micawber.