imminently
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- adverb
- /ˈɪmɪnəntli/
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inminentemente
- It may be very uncertain that one will succeed within saving the life of a person who's imminently at risk of death.
- imminently threatened
So you know, new immersive experiences need new tools and that's an example of a pro tool that that we're going to be bringing to market imminently.
- So you know, new immersive experiences need new tools and that's an example of a pro tool that that we're going to be bringing to market imminently.
- Which, you know, would have led anyone to to see them to to know that the New York Post was going to publish imminently.
Examples
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Two of his closest companions are dead, and imminently, I must report to the president that we have our man.
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I felt it was now imminently approaching.
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We expect a serious proposal imminently.
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The Council demands my response imminently.
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Atlas, the ship is taking off imminently.
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This is the silent scream of a child threatened imminently with extinction.
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The rain was spattering and threatening to do worse imminently.
Fiction book (2001) -
When a house is destroyed or imminently threatened, it will be unfit for habitation.
Academic text (1990) -
The roster is a tangle of the good, the average, and the imminently replaceable.
Blog text (18) -
The storm is expected to arrive imminently, so we should take shelter now.
Synonyms
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Something can happen very soon and without warning
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In a very short time
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Soon, in a short time
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Happening fairly soon but not at a set time
Happens at any moment
How Soon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imminently comes from the Latin imminere, which means 'to hang over' or 'threaten'. So, if something will happen very soon, think of it as a cloud 'hanging over' you, about to arrive at any moment.