Something that is imminent is just about to happen: if you light a firecracker and then stick it down your pants, a very bad situation is imminent.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
Adjective S.
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"
a.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand;
impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
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Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
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(With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.
Imminent
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.3.
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death.
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes.
Fierce faces threatening war.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
Usage Examples
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.