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1. (adj.) imminent
likely to occur at any moment; impending:
Her death is imminent.
2. imminent
projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L imminēre to overhang)
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1. (adj) at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending
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"
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1. (adjective) imminent
about to happen
His departure was imminent.; An announcement is expected imminently.
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1. (adj) imminent
threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril
2. (adj) imminent
full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous
3. (adj) imminent
(With upon) Bent upon; attentive to
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Sense: (especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen etc very soon
A storm is imminent.
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 Afrikaans: naderend |
 Arabic: داهِم، وَشيك الوُقوع |
 Bulgarian: надвиснал |
 Brazilian: iminente |
 Czech: blízký, hrozící |
 German: bevorstehen |
 Danish: truende |
 Greek: επικείμενος |
 Spanish: inminente |
 Estonian: (ähvardavalt) lähedal |
 Farsi: قریب الوقوع |
 Finnish: uhkaava |
 French: imminent |
 Hebrew: מְמַשמֵש וּבָא |
 Hindi: सन्निकट |
 Croatian: neizbježan, neminovan |
 Hungarian: közelgő |
 Indonesian: segera terjadi |
 Icelandic: yfirvofandi |
 Italian: imminente |
 Japanese: 差し迫った |
 Korean: 임박한 |
 Lithuanian: artėjantis, gresiantis |
 Latvian: nenovēršams; draudošs |
 Malay: segera terjadi |
 Dutch: op komst zijnd |
 Norwegian: truende, overhengende, fo |
 Polish: grożący, nadchodzący |
 Persian: قریب الوقوع |
 Pashto: ژرپيښېدونكى، تهديد وونكى |
 Portuguese: iminente |
 Romanian: iminent |
 Russian: надвигающийся |
 Slovak: blízky, blížiaci sa, hroz |
 Slovenian: neizbežen |
 Serbian: neizbežan |
 Swedish: hotande,överhängande, när |
 Thai: ซึ่งใกล้จะเกิดขึ้น |
 Turkish: (olması) yakın, eli kulağ |
 Taiwanese: 逼近的 |
 Ukrainian: неминучий |
 Urdu: نزدیک |
 Vietnamese: sắp xảy ra |
 Chinese: 迫近的 |
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