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Imminent

//ˈɪmɪnənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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 is opportunity for full discussion."

Adjective
  1. 1
    close in time; about to occur wordnet

Etymology

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.

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