imminently
- adverb
- /ˈɪmɪnəntli/
- 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
Something can happen very soon and without warning
In a very short time
Soon, in a short time
Happening fairly soon but not at a set time
Happens at any moment
How Soon
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.