imminent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   About to happen very soon.

   Dark clouds gathered, and a storm seemed imminent.

Common collocations

• imminent danger Adjective + noun

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.

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