- (especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon
- the imminent threat of invasion
- The system is in imminent danger of collapse.
- An announcement about his resignation is imminent.
- An attack seems imminent.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImminent is used with these nouns:- arrival
- catastrophe
- danger
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin imminent- ‘overhanging, impending’, from the verb imminere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + minere ‘to project’.Definitions on the go
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