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imminent

[im-uh-nuhnt]

adjective

  1. likely to occur at any moment; impending.

    Her death is imminent.

    Synonyms: ,
    Antonyms: ,
  2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.



imminent

/ ˈɪɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. liable to happen soon; impending

  2. obsoletejutting out or overhanging

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • imminently adverb
  • imminentness noun
  • unimminent adjective
  • ˈԱԳ noun
  • ˈԱԳٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of imminent1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin imminent- (stem of ŧԲ ), present participle of ŧ “to overhang,” equivalent to im- im- 1 + -min- from a base meaning “jut out, project, rise” ( eminent, mount 2 ) + -ent- -ent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of imminent1

C16: from Latin ŧ to project over, from im- (in) + to project; related to mons mountain
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Synonym Study

Imminent, Impending, Threatening all may carry the implication of menace, misfortune, disaster, but they do so in differing degrees. Imminent may portend evil: an imminent catastrophe, but also may mean simply “about to happen”: The merger is imminent. Impending has a weaker sense of immediacy and threat than imminent : Real tax relief legislation is impending, but it too may be used in situations portending disaster: impending social upheaval; to dread the impending investigation. Threatening almost always suggests ominous warning and menace: a threatening sky just before the tornado struck.
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The Israeli airspace is closed until further notice and all flights have been grounded, with no sign of an imminent pause in hostilities.

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Unlike in Israel, there are no warnings of imminent attacks in Iran, and no shelters to run to.

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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.

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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.

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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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