imminent

Etymology
From the present participle of, from ("to project, overhang"), related to  (English ) and  (English ). Compare with.

Adjective

 * 1) About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

Usage notes

 * Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in dialects with the, these become homophones. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent is also sometimes confused with immanent (which see).
 * Said of danger, threat and death.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:impending

Translations

 * Arabic: وَشِيك
 * Belarusian: надыхо́дзячы,, неадхі́льны , няўхі́льны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: inminente
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido: minac-anta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 절박한, 절박하다
 * Latvian: draudošs, nenovēršams, gaidāms
 * Maori: raraka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nært forestående, umiddelbart forestående, overhengende
 * Plautdietsch: dreiwent
 * Polish:, nadciągający
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian: iminentno,, , , prestojeće
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: nära förestående,
 * Ukrainian: немину́чий

Etymology
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Etymology
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