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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.
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
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 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. If you take your mom’s car and drive it into the mailbox, getting grounded is imminent.
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.
Definition of imminent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
imminent - 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"
IMMINENT definition: coming or happening very soon: . Learn more.
Dictionary definition of imminent. About to happen or occur in the very near future, often suggesting that it is impending or about to take place at any moment. "The launch of the rocket was imminent and the team was making final checks." Detailed meaning of imminent.
OED's earliest evidence for imminent is from 1528, in the writing of Stephen Gardiner, theologian, administrator, and bishop of Winchester. imminent is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin imminens. See etymology.
