Definitions for imminent
ˈɪm ə nəntim·mi·nent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impendingadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. imminentadjective

   about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

2. Etymology: From the present participle of, from mineo, related to mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. IMMINENTadjective

   Impending; at hand; threatning. Always in an ill sense.

   Etymology: imminent, Fr. imminens, Lat.

   What dangers at any time are imminent, what evils hang over our heads, God doth know, and not we. Richard Hooker.

   Three times to-day
   You have defended me from imminent death. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   These she applies for warnings and portents
   Of evils imminent; and on her knee
   Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to-day. William Shakespeare.

   To them preach'd
   Conversion and repentance, as to souls
   In prison, under judgments imminent. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Men could not sail without imminent danger and inconveniences. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. imminent

   Imminent refers to something that is about to happen or occur very soon, usually with a sense of urgency or immediate impending. It implies that an event or situation is likely to occur within a short period of time or is approaching rapidly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Imminentadjective

   threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril

2. Imminentadjective

   full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous

3. Imminentadjective

   (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Imminent

   im′i-nent, adj. near at hand: threatening: impending.—n. Imm′inence.—adv. Imm′inently. [L. imminens, -entis—in, upon, minēre, to project.]

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1. Imminent

   Eminent vs. Imminent -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Eminent and Imminent.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of imminent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of imminent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of imminent in a Sentence

1. De Baca:

   I report in the morning only to be ushered over to the south lawn where Nixon was departing and I saw him board the Air Force One helicopter, i had been following the news and knew his departure was imminent. I felt really bad about it, just as a human being, because he got embroiled in Watergate and the cover-up.

2. John Boehner:

   Our government does not spy on Americans unless there are Americans who are doing things that tip off our law enforcement officials to an imminent threat. It was our law enforcement officials and those programs that helped us stop this person before he committed a heinous crime in our Capitol.

3. State Mike Pompeo:

   Yes. We told them about the imminent threat. All of the intelligence that we briefed -- that you've heard today I assure you in an unclassified setting, we provide in the classified setting, as well.

4. Mark McCloskey:

   It’s the value of the Second Amendment, it’s kind of humorous for me at any rate, the charge they finally settled on for me, because it’s exactly what I did do. That’s the whole point of the Second Amendment. We stood out there with guns, and that placed them in imminent fear of physical injury, and they back off.

5. Chief Executive Marc Edwards:

   Some of the larger diversified oilfield service providers have declared a bottom in activity and are suggesting that a recovery is imminent, while this may be the case for certain onshore basins, it is not so for deepwater drilling.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=imminent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Imminent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=imminent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imminent
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=imminent