imminent
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imminent
- /ˈɪmɪnənt/
- [ˈɪmɪnənt]
- /ˈɪmənənt/
- [ˈɪmənənt]
Sounds like eminent, immanent (pin–pen merger)
Where it comes from
From the present participle of Latin imminēre (“to overhang”), from mineō ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (English menace) and mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.
adjective more imminent · most imminent
- About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long. To courageous, self-reliant men, with confidence in the power of free and fearless reasoning applied through the processes of popular government, no danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there
