[ˈɪmɪnənt], [ˈɪmɪnənt], [ˈɪ_m_ɪ_n_ə_n_t]
Definitions of imminent
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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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Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
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( With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.
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Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; - said especially of misfortune or peril.
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Threatening or about to fall or occur immediately.
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Near at hand: threatening: impending.
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IMMINENTLY.
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IMMINENCE.
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Threatening; impending; close at hand.
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Dangerous and close at hand; impending; threatending.
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Impending; threatening; close at hand.
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Impending; threatening; at hand.
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Usage examples for imminent
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They seem to feel that their rainy day is imminent if not actually at hand. – Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon
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Our first danger was over, but we had still to escape from one as imminent the pursuing flame, now so much closer to us. – Monsieur Violet by Frederick Marryat
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There is a kind of pain which is so exquisite that it becomes joy; he realised such a pain now, an immense yearning to take the lonely girl to his bosom, and kiss her wet eyelids, and defend her from the imminent sword of sorrow. – Masterman and Son by W. J. Dawson
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But far more fearful than the latter imminent danger was the sight of the threatening sky. – A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Herbert Ward
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" Time to pull that bell- rope when the danger was present or imminent she thought to herself. – Foul Play by Charles Reade Dion Boucicault
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We camped that night on our old ground at the Buffalo Buttes, and although we all desired to remain a day or two and hunt for more buffalo, the peculiar appearance of the sky in the northwest, and the condition of the atmosphere, warned us that a change of weather was imminent – The Extermination of the American Bison by William T. Hornaday
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No doubt a battle was imminent – The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
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This last condition was that which obtained, as war became imminent – Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by Alfred T. Mahan
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To us, though we have, as far as I can see, not the least reasonable cause for supposing the end of the world to be more imminent than it was a thousand years ago- to us, nevertheless, and to every generation of men, the night is always far spent, and the day is always at hand. – The Water of Life and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley
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To- day it's the man over the road that tops the bill; to- morrow it's you, as I said before: and a change of caste was imminent in our friend's performance. – Men, Women and Guns by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
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The danger has never been so imminent as it is now, Countess. – Princess Maritza by Percy Brebner
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It was as if he had escaped some imminent peril. – Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor
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Robespierre's danger was most imminent and he was obliged to conceal himself. – Madame Roland, Makers of History by John S. C. Abbott
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She added that all members of the Williams family had gone out of town to attend the funeral of a relative, but she wished that they might have remained to attend Penrod's, which she confidently predicted as imminent if the neighbourhood followed its natural impulse. – Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington
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The Texan had not simply cleared out because of imminent trouble, Drew was sure of that. – Rebel Spurs by Andre Norton
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We could only see the other boat now and then; but although she was evidently in imminent peril they were much nearer in shore than we were. – Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Grey
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The danger for a time was imminent – Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour by Francis Parkman
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They themselves had to leap from one piece of ice to another, often falling into the water; and it was at the imminent risk of their lives that they at last gained the beach. – Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly
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That portion of our line of march which was in Rosny was in imminent danger. – Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchère
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When threatened by danger, the best policy is to fix your eye steadily upon it, and it will in general vanish like the morning mist before the sun; whereas, if you quail before it, it is sure to become more imminent – The Bible in Spain by George Borrow