imminent
pronunciation
How to pronounce imminent in British English:
UK [ˈɪmɪnənt]
How to pronounce imminent in American English:
US [ˈɪmɪnənt]
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- Adjective:
- close in time; about to occur
Word Origin
- imminent
- imminent: see prominent
- imminent (adj.)
- 1520s, from Middle French imminent (14c.) and directly from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens), present participle of imminere "to overhang; impend, be near, be at hand," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Imminently.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Contagion of these two major economies is now imminent .
- 2. Clearly , not everyone believes the railway is in imminent danger .
- 3. At phase 5 a pandemic is considered imminent .
- 4. The danger is particularly imminent in the eurozone .
- 5. American newspapers are not going to vanish in the foreseeable future , despite frequent predictions of their imminent extinction .