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- Dictionaryimminent/ˈɪmɪnənt/
adjective
- 1. about to happen: "they were in imminent danger of being swept away"
- 2. overhanging. archaic
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Imminent means coming or likely to happen very soon, especially something unpleasant. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and find synonyms and translations.
Imminent means ready to take place, often used of something bad or dangerous seen as menacingly near. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of imminent from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Imminent means coming or likely to happen very soon, especially something unpleasant. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and examples from various sources.
Something that is imminent is just about to happen: if you light a firecracker and then stick it down your pants, a very bad situation is imminent. Imminent is from Latin imminere, "to overhang," and to say that something is imminent is to say that it is hanging over you and about to fall, in a metaphorical way.
Imminent definition: likely to occur at any moment; impending. See examples of IMMINENT used in a sentence.
Imminent means about to occur at any moment or impending. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of imminent with examples and translations.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective imminent, which means likely to happen very soon, especially something unpleasant. See examples, synonyms and word origin.
