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imminent
/ ˈɪmɪnənt /
adjective
- liable to happen soon; impending
- obsolete.jutting out or overhanging
Derived Forms
- ˈimminence, noun
- ˈimminently, adverb
Other Words From
- im·mi·nent·ly adverb
- im·mi·nent·ness noun
- un·im·mi·nent adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of imminent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Shortly after 20:00 on 29 October a first message was sent out warning of the imminent risk of a dam being breached.
Politico then reported that the resignation prevents the otherwise imminent release of "an Ethics Committee report investigating several allegations including that Gaetz engaged in sex with a minor."
Sir David Behan, the OfS chairman, says a university going bust “isn’t imminent now”, but to reduce the risk higher education needs to be “radically reimagined”.
A Lancaster 18-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to phoning in hundreds of false threats of imminent bombings, mass shootings and violence targeting locations across the U.S., including places of worship and schools.
A UN-backed report recently warned that there was an imminent likelihood of famine in northern Gaza, where hardly any aid has entered in the past month.
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