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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}]




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