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adj
About to happen very soon.
Dark clouds gathered, and a storm seemed imminent.
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imminently
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.
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