About The Word Imminent
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Imminent
Imminent Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Imminent?
[adj] close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Imminent: at hand(p) | close | close at hand(p) | impending Related Terms | Find terms related to Imminent: about to be | abusive | advancing | alarming | already in sight | anticipated | approaching | approximate | approximative | at hand | attracted to | awaited | bludgeoning | blustering | brewing | browbeating | bulldozing | bullying | close | close at hand | coming | comminatory | denunciatory | desired | destinal | destined | determined | drawn to | due | emergent | eventual | expected | extrapolated | fatal | fated | fatidic | fear-inspiring | foreboding | foreseen | forthcoming | future | futuristic | gathering | going to happen | hectoring | hereafter | hoped-for | immediate | impendent | impending | in danger imminent | in prospect | in reserve | in store | in the cards | in the offing | in the wind | in view | ineluctable | inescapable | inevasible | inevitable | instant | intimidating | later | likely | long-expected | looming | lowering | lurking | menacing | minacious | minatory | momentary | near | near at hand | nearing | nigh | ominous | on the horizon | oncoming | overdue | overhanging | pending | planned | plotted | possible | predicted | preparing | presumed | probable | projected | promised | prophesied | prospective | proximate | sinister | terroristic | terrorizing | that will be | threatening | threatful | to come | to-be | ultimate | unavoidable | upcoming | waiting See Also | Imminent In Webster's Dictionary \Im"mi*nent\, a. [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to
project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project.
See {Eminent}.]
1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending;
-- said especially of misfortune or peril. ``In danger
imminent.'' --Spenser.
2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
--Shak.
3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
--Milton.
Syn: Impending; threatening; near; at hand.
Usage: {Imminent}, {Impending}, {Threatening}. Imminent is
the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to
fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger
of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs
suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as,
the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some
danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening
indications for the future.
Three times to-day You have defended me from
imminent death. --Shak.
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear
advices of impending foes. --Pope.
Fierce faces threatening war. --Milton.
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