Imminence
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality. uncountable, usually
"For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war."
- 2 the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon wordnet
Example
More examples"For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war."
Etymology
From Late Latin imminentia.