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imminent
[im-uh-nuhnt]
adjective
likely to occur at any moment; impending.
Her death is imminent.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms: ,projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.
imminent
/ ˈɪɪəԳ /
adjective
liable to happen soon; impending
obsoletejutting out or overhanging
Other 51Թ Forms
- imminently adverb
- imminentness noun
- unimminent adjective
- ˈԱԳ noun
- ˈԱԳٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of imminent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Israeli airspace is closed until further notice and all flights have been grounded, with no sign of an imminent pause in hostilities.
Unlike in Israel, there are no warnings of imminent attacks in Iran, and no shelters to run to.
Highly anticipated testimony from Mayor Karen Bass and two City Council members failed to materialize after Umhoff, alerted of an imminent appeal, withdrew them from the witness list.
Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan said it was disappointing that there seemed to be no imminent review of how Wales was funded, despite that being a UK Labour manifesto promise.
But that feels, just as it did under the previous government, like an aspiration for another day, some distance away, rather than an imminent prospect.
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