Imminent

Adjective

 * 1) about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

Synonyms

 * inevitable
 * immediate
 * impending

Derived terms

 * imminence
 * imminently

Related terms

 * eminent
 * prominent

Adverbs for Imminent
immediately; terribly; ominously; perilously; dangerously; significantly; portentously; dreadfully; woefully; alarmingly; suddenly; fatally; gloomily; dismally; actually; inevitably; inescapably.

Thesaurus
about to be, abusive, advancing, alarming, already in sight, anticipated, approaching, approximate, approximative, at hand, attracted to, awaited, bludgeoning, blustering, brewing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, close, close at hand, coming, comminatory, denunciatory, desired, destinal, destined, determined, drawn to, due, emergent, eventual, expected, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, fear-inspiring, foreboding, foreseen, forthcoming, future, futuristic, gathering, going to happen, hectoring, hereafter, hoped-for, immediate, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, instant, intimidating, later, likely, long-expected, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, minacious, minatory, momentary, near, near at hand, nearing, nigh, ominous, on the horizon, oncoming, overdue, overhanging, pending, planned, plotted, possible, predicted, preparing, presumed, probable, projected, promised, prophesied, prospective, proximate, sinister, terroristic, terrorizing, that will be, threatening, threatful, to come, to-be, ultimate, unavoidable, upcoming, waiting

Etymology
From the present participle of imminere: < undefined:.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Arabic: على وشك الوقوع
 * Catalan: imminent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 即將來臨, 即将来临
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: bevorstehend (1)
 * Ido: minac-anta
 * Polish: bliski, nadciągający
 * Russian: неминуемый,
 * Spanish: inminente

Adjective

 * 1) imminent

Derived terms

 * imminemment