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)