imminent
168
4.8
- adjective
- /ˈɪmɪnənt/
:
inminente
- Even though death is imminent, everyone will die sooner or later.
- an imminent danger
- an imminent threat
- an imminent risk
And it is likely to incite imminent action.
- And it is likely to incite imminent action.
- And they are in imminent danger of death or loss.
- I mean, there's a famine that's imminent right now in northern Gaza.
- And it's about someone who's trying to wake up the people to this imminent catastrophe.
- That we're, that we're headed for imminent disaster before the director called.
- The way you do get a pass is if you reasonably fear imminent death or great bodily harm.
- Like all my thoughts don't hold up to the prospect of imminent death.
- What is it that this idea that they are, that some grand change is imminent?
- So financial struggle is not imminent.
- So if he's running away, he could kill somebody down the road, but it's not imminent.
- As we get ready for what we believe will be an imminent Ron De Santis announcement, Dan's got thoughts.
- And what is true and actual is precisely this imminent circular movement.
Examples
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As you know, there have been rumors of my imminent retirement.
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And they are in imminent danger of death or loss.
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And that is to do what must be done when the danger is imminent and when no one else can.
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Because in my line of work something terrible is always imminent.
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So we feel that the sale is imminent.
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Thus, he was supposed to appear whenever a gas attack was imminent so that he could breathe.
Fiction book (1994) -
Thus, clear and imminent danger would mean danger that is without a doubt ready to happen.
Academic text (2008) -
Another mistake, the Ukrainian counter offensive seems imminent at this point.
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He's suffering from imminent renal failure.
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The storm is imminent, and we need to find shelter before it arrives.
Synonyms
262
1.4
About to happen
55
4.0
Going to happen very soon, usually something bad
51
3.2
About to happen
43
4.2
Happening in the near future
8
5.6
Likely to happen soon
4
2.3
Happening or likely to happen soon
2
4.1
Likely to happen very soon
1
8.1
Happening fairly soon but not at a set time
Expected to happen soon
Antonyms
Compounds
How Imminent
Surface Forms
Morphology
imminent = im + minent
Although the form shows a prefix + base segmentation, the base 'minent' is not a standalone English word and the prefix 'im-' does not signal a simple negative, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
The word imminent comes from the Latin imminere, which meant 'to hang over' or 'to threaten'. So if something is imminent, it is like a dark cloud hanging over you and will happen very soon.