(especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon the imminent threat of invasion The system is in imminent danger of collapse. An announcement about his resignation is imminent.
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NAmE//ˈɪmənəns//
noun [uncountable] the imminence of death adverbSee imminent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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