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imminent
/ ˈɪmɪnənt /
adjective
- liable to happen soon; impending
- obsolete.jutting out or overhanging
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Derived Forms
- ˈimminently, adverb
- ˈimminence, noun
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Other Words From
- im·mi·nent·ly adverb
- im·mi·nent·ness noun
- un·im·mi·nent adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of imminent1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Gävle Goat must be dreading the imminent holiday and his fifty-fifty chance of destruction.
Yet, the ever-visionary Van Gogh still feels the possibility of acclaim after his imminent death.
Its arrival, experts say, is not just inevitable but imminent.
When crawling and walking are imminent, I talk with parents about getting the house ready.
The only exception is military action to repel an imminent attack.
William has thus been happily able to report to the society the approaching conversion of M'Bongo and his imminent civilization.
They tobogganed down hills without a brake at the imminent peril of their lives.
Altogether, we spent five consecutive days hovering around that collection of law-enforcers, in imminent risk of capture.
Fresh light may be shed on the matter by the battle now imminent, but I am cabling on reasoned existing facts.
Yet he kept on, hoping against imminent death itself that his words would reach some willing ear.
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