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imminentness

imminentness

8.8
A strong chance that something will happen very soon
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmɪnəntnəs/
  • Formal
translation icon : inminencia
  • The imminentness of the approaching storm forced the evacuation of the coastal town.

Examples

  • There was a palpable imminentness in the air as the verdict was about to be announced.

  • The general warned his troops about the imminentness of the enemy's attack.

  • The imminentness of the storm worried the residents.

  • There was a palpable sense of imminentness in the air.

  • The imminentness of the approaching storm forced the evacuation of the coastal town.

  • The general warned his troops about the imminentness of the enemy's attack.

  • There was a palpable imminentness in the air as the verdict was about to be announced.

Synonyms

imminence
vsimminentness
  • Formal
2 7.0

A time when something is about to happen

is the standard, widely used form for the same concept
imminency
vsimminentness
  • Formal
7.6

A time when something is likely to happen very soon

is the alternate spelling used for the same idea
impendency
vsimminentness
9.3

A time when something is about to happen

is an alternative term with identical meaning but rarer usage
impendence
vsimminentness
9.6

The state of something happening very soon

is the same idea but uses a different suffix and spelling
forthcomingness
vsimminentness
9.1

The fact that something will happen soon

keeps the same impending sense but is more formal and rare

Antonyms

remoteness
3 4.8

Being far away in place, time, or connection

How Imminent

immediacy
16 5.8
imminentness
  • Formal
8.8
nearness
4 1.0
remoteness
3 4.8

Surface Forms

imminentness singular
imminentnesses plural

Morphology

imminentness = imminent (transparent) = imminent + ness

Regular noun formation from 'imminent' using '-ness' yields the state or quality of being imminent; the meaning is directly deducible though the alternative noun 'imminence' is more common.

Etymology

Imminentness comes from the Latin imminere, which meant 'to hang over' or 'threaten', so imagine a storm 'hanging over' a town just before it arrives. It is the noun form of imminent, and it means the quality of being likely to happen soon.