imminent

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɪmɪnənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #10733

Meanings

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adj
About to happen very soon.

Dark clouds gathered, and a storm seemed imminent.

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Synonyms

1 adj · about to happen very soon. at handforthcoming immediate impendingin the offing

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Forms imminently

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imminent danger
A threat of harm that is about to become immediate.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From the present participle of Latin imminēre (“to overhang”), from mineō ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (English menace) and mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.

*men- Proto-Indo-European

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