Imminent
adjective
About to happen very soon.
The storm is imminent, we need to find shelter soon.
Often appears as...
- imminent threat
- imminent danger
adjective
Likely to occur at any moment.
There's an imminent possibility of a power outage due to the severe weather.
Often appears as...
- imminent risk
- imminent disaster
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
About to happen very soon.
The storm is imminent, we need to find shelter soon.
Often appears as...
- imminent threat
- imminent danger
adjective
Likely to occur at any moment.
There's an imminent possibility of a power outage due to the severe weather.
Often appears as...
- imminent risk
- imminent disaster
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency
Implies that something needs immediate attention or action.
Evacuation is imminent as the floodwaters rise.
Pro Tip 2/3No Delay
Used when there's no time to lose, suggesting quick action is needed.
With the hurricane imminent, prepare your emergency kit now.
Pro Tip 3/3Tension Building
Often creates a sense of tension or suspense about what will happen next.
As the music crescendoed, the magician's trick seemed imminent.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency
Implies that something needs immediate attention or action.
Evacuation is imminent as the floodwaters rise.
Pro Tip 2/3No Delay
Used when there's no time to lose, suggesting quick action is needed.
With the hurricane imminent, prepare your emergency kit now.
Pro Tip 3/3Tension Building
Often creates a sense of tension or suspense about what will happen next.
As the music crescendoed, the magician's trick seemed imminent.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency
Implies that something needs immediate attention or action.
Evacuation is imminent as the floodwaters rise.
Pro Tip 2/3No Delay
Used when there's no time to lose, suggesting quick action is needed.
With the hurricane imminent, prepare your emergency kit now.
Pro Tip 3/3Tension Building
Often creates a sense of tension or suspense about what will happen next.
As the music crescendoed, the magician's trick seemed imminent.
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How to detect a...
If multiple detectors receive similar signals within ten seconds, SNEWS will trigger an alert warning that a supernova is imminent. Aided by some distance and direction information from the neutrino detectors, the amateur astronomers and scientists alike will scan the skies and share information
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Why Black girls are...
But unfortunately, that's not a story that's shared by many black girls in the US and around the world today. We're living through a crisis in which black girls are being disproportionately pushed away from schools --- not because of an imminent threat they pose to the safety of a school,
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Talk about your death...
When dad knew his death was imminent, he had three clear wishes. He wanted to die at home; he wanted to die surrounded by family; and he wanted to die peacefully, not choking or gasping for air. And I'm pleased to say that my family were able to support dad's wishes,
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Bran Ferren: To create...
Soon the majority of people on the planet will have one, and the idea of connecting everyone to both knowledge and each other will endure. So what's next? What imminent advance will be the equivalent of the Pantheon? Thinking about this,
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Pulling back the curtain...
interest that's coming due and you can have access to the market and you can refinance the the maturities that are following you then it's sustainable it's only becomes a problem as we said when you're facing kind of imminent default
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Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
not only is he her guide dog he is also trained to alert to an imminent seizure he raises the alarm forty minutes beforehand which gives Tony enough time to make herself safe and avoid injury when AJ's alerted to a major seizure he
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Matthew O'Reilly: "Am I...
I began to tell the patient of his imminent demise. He already knew by my tone of voice and body language. As I placed the defibrillator pads on his chest, prepping for what was going to happen, he looked me in the eye and said,
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Can you outsmart a troll...
like memes relating to the imminent election. That’s how you would like to go about spreading disinformation, but what kind of disinformation would be effective in manipulating young Greene supporters?
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Let’s Help Refugees...
and the armed gangs were approaching your house? A Syrian refugee boy I know told me that he didn't hesitate when his life was in imminent danger. He took his high school diploma,
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Death Row PIPE Hard Time
really became imminent I was praying for the for the parole board to spare my life
Video examples
How to detect a...
If multiple detectors receive similar signals within ten seconds, SNEWS will trigger an alert warning that a supernova is imminent. Aided by some distance and direction information from the neutrino detectors, the amateur astronomers and scientists alike will scan the skies and share information
Video examples
Why Black girls are...
But unfortunately, that's not a story that's shared by many black girls in the US and around the world today. We're living through a crisis in which black girls are being disproportionately pushed away from schools --- not because of an imminent threat they pose to the safety of a school,
Video examples
Talk about your death...
When dad knew his death was imminent, he had three clear wishes. He wanted to die at home; he wanted to die surrounded by family; and he wanted to die peacefully, not choking or gasping for air. And I'm pleased to say that my family were able to support dad's wishes,
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
Soon the majority of people on the planet will have one, and the idea of connecting everyone to both knowledge and each other will endure. So what's next? What imminent advance will be the equivalent of the Pantheon? Thinking about this,
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
interest that's coming due and you can have access to the market and you can refinance the the maturities that are following you then it's sustainable it's only becomes a problem as we said when you're facing kind of imminent default
Video examples
Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
not only is he her guide dog he is also trained to alert to an imminent seizure he raises the alarm forty minutes beforehand which gives Tony enough time to make herself safe and avoid injury when AJ's alerted to a major seizure he
Video examples
Matthew O'Reilly: "Am I...
I began to tell the patient of his imminent demise. He already knew by my tone of voice and body language. As I placed the defibrillator pads on his chest, prepping for what was going to happen, he looked me in the eye and said,
Video examples
Can you outsmart a troll...
like memes relating to the imminent election. That’s how you would like to go about spreading disinformation, but what kind of disinformation would be effective in manipulating young Greene supporters?
Video examples
Let’s Help Refugees...
and the armed gangs were approaching your house? A Syrian refugee boy I know told me that he didn't hesitate when his life was in imminent danger. He took his high school diploma,
Video examples
Death Row PIPE Hard Time
really became imminent I was praying for the for the parole board to spare my life
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Quote examples
T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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Mike Quigley
American Politician
Growing up during the Cold War, I remember the seemingly imminent threat of nuclear war. In primary school we were taught to 'duck-and-cover' for protection. But even as children hiding under wooden desks, we recognized the inadequacies of this strategy.
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Lisa Stansfield
English Musician
It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Swedish Diplomat
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
I think massage is a very important part of life, which is present from centuries as an imminent part of India's tradition.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.
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Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
Quote examples
T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
Quote examples
Mike Quigley
American Politician
Growing up during the Cold War, I remember the seemingly imminent threat of nuclear war. In primary school we were taught to 'duck-and-cover' for protection. But even as children hiding under wooden desks, we recognized the inadequacies of this strategy.
Quote examples
Lisa Stansfield
English Musician
It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!
Quote examples
J. G. Ballard
British Author
Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
Quote examples
Dag Hammarskjold
Swedish Diplomat
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
Quote examples
Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
I think massage is a very important part of life, which is present from centuries as an imminent part of India's tradition.
Quote examples
John Malkovich
American Actor
The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.
Quote examples
Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
Quote examples
Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.
Quote examples
D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
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