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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Imminent \Im"mi*nent\, a. [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to
     project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project.
     See Eminent.]
     1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending;
        -- said especially of misfortune or peril. ``In danger
        imminent.'' --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: Impending; threatening; near; at hand.
  
     Usage: Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is
            the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to
            fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger
            of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs
            suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as,
            the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some
            danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening
            indications for the future.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Three times to-day
                  You have defended me from imminent death.
                                                    --Shak.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  No story I unfold of public woes,
                  Nor bear advices of impending foes. --Pope.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Fierce faces threatening war.     --Milton.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Imminent \Im"mi*nent\, a. [L. imminens, p. pr. of imminere to
     project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project.
     See Eminent.]
     1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending;
        -- said especially of misfortune or peril. ``In danger
        imminent.'' --Spenser.
  
     2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
  
              Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [R.]
  
              Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: Impending; threatening; near; at hand.
  
     Usage: Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is
            the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to
            fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger
            of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs
            suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as,
            the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some
            danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening
            indications for the future.
  
                  Three times to-day You have defended me from
                  imminent death.                   --Shak.
  
                  No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear
                  advices of impending foes.        --Pope.
  
                  Fierce faces threatening war.     --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  imminent
       adj : close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand";
             "some people believe the day of judgment is close at
             hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
             [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), impending]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Γαλλικά a.
     επικείμενος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en imminent)
     French a.
     (l en imminent)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en imminent)
     French a.
     (l en imminent)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en imminent)
     French a.
     (l en imminent)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Ranska a.
     (tapahtumasta, ajassa) välitön

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  imminent
     Engelska a.
     som måste åtgärdas omedelbart, överhängande; kommande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  وشيك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  imminent //ˈɪmənənt// //ˈɪmɪnənt// 
  немину́ем, предстоя́щ
  about to happen, occur, or take place very soon

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/ 
  blízký

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/ 
  hrozící

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  bevorstehend  [kurz]
     Synonyms: impending, pending
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  drohend 
     Synonyms: impending, pending
  
   see: imminent danger, imminence
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  
  επικείμενος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  imminent //ˈɪmənənt// //ˈɪmɪnənt// 
  tuleva
  about to happen, occur, or take place very soon

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/ 
  1. सन्निकटत

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  blizak, koji prijeti, opasan, predstojeći, prijeteći

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  1. közelgô
  2. küszöbön álló

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnent/ 
    bliski, nadciągający

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  imminent //ˈɪmənənt// //ˈɪmɪnənt// 
  nära förestående, överhängande
  about to happen, occur, or take place very soon

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  imminent /ˈɪmɪnənt/
  1. yakında vaki olma sından korkulan, hemen kopacak olan, yakın. imminence  olabilecek durum
  2. tehdit eden şey. imminently  tehdit ederek.

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  imminent /i.mi.nɑ̃/ 
  imminente

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  imminent /i.mi.nɑ̃/ 
  iminente

From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-bul ]

  imminent /ˌɪminˈɛnt/ 
  немину́ем
  1. van iets dat het op korte termijn kan gebeuren

From Nederlands-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-ell ]

  imminent /ˌɪminˈɛnt/ 
  επικείμενος
  1. van iets dat het op korte termijn kan gebeuren

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  imminent
  imminent

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  imminent
  imminent

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  imminent
  imminent

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɪmənənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "imminent":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 即将来临的,逼近的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 即将来临的,逼近的

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