Definition of imminent

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im·mi·nent    (m-nnt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

About to occur; impending: in imminent danger.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English iminent, from Old French imminent, from Latin imminns , imminent- present participle of imminre, to overhang : in-, in ; see in- ² + -minre, to jut, threaten; see men- ² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
immi·nent·ly (Adverb), immi·nent·ness (Noun)

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