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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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coming or likely to happen very soon: imminent disaster / danger. A strike is imminent. Synonym. impending. Fewer examples. For a man in imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled. Her remarks were intended to scotch rumours of an imminent election date. He announced the imminent arrival of a messianic leader.
coming or likely to happen very soon: imminent disaster / danger. A strike is imminent. Synonym. impending. Fewer examples. For a man in imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled. Her remarks were intended to scotch rumors of an imminent election date. He announced the imminent arrival of a messianic leader.
IMMINENT definition: coming or happening very soon: . Learn more.
Definition of imminent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of IMMINENT is ready to take place : happening soon —often used of something bad or dangerous seen as menacingly near. How to use imminent in a sentence. On Imminent and Eminent
If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon. There appeared no imminent danger. They warned that an attack is imminent. Synonyms: near, coming, close, approaching More Synonyms of imminent. imminence uncountable noun.
Imminent definition: likely to occur at any moment; impending. See examples of IMMINENT used in a sentence.
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.
: happening very soon. We are awaiting their imminent arrival. Their arrival is imminent. These patients are facing imminent death. The species is in imminent danger of extinction. [=the species is very close to becoming extinct] Do not confuse imminent with eminent. — imminence. / ˈɪmənəns/ noun [noncount] the imminence of danger. — imminently.
Define imminent. imminent synonyms, imminent pronunciation, imminent translation, English dictionary definition of imminent. about to occur at any moment; impending: in imminent danger Not to be confused with: emanate – to flow out, issue, or proceed; come forth; originate; emit;...
