imminentadjective
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈɪm.ə.nənt/C2 coming or likely to happen very soon:
imminent disaster/danger
A strike is imminent.
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- 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.
- He gave a dire warning that an earthquake was imminent.
- He warned that an enemy missile attack was imminent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
About to happen
- (just) around the corner idiom
- about
- at hand idiom
- be on the point of (doing) sth idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- loom
- looming
- make to do sth idiom
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
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imminently
adverb uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.nənt.li/us/ˈɪm.ə.nənt.li/
imminence
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.nəns/us/ˈɪm.ə.nəns/