Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being about to occur.
- noun Something about to occur.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being imminent.
- noun That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
- noun That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
state orcondition of being about to happen,imminent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
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Examples
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Through the course of the second century, the notion of imminence diminished in importance, and faith in the kingdom above began to supplant the kingdom ahead.
Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity James F. McGrath 2009
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Before these preparations, which recalled the imminence of the
En Route 1877
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At the end of October Amnesty International warned of the "imminence" of his execution.
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At the end of October Amnesty International warned of the "imminence" of his execution.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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I'd be very curious to hear whether . . . others think that the Brandenburg "imminence" requirements should apply under either or both of these two circumstances.
Balkinization 2005
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It became a drone that lulled Esme's thoughts back to herself, and there she found the pulse of a different kind of imminence - something within her, awakening, changing: the end of one thing and the terrifying, glorious beginning of something else.
The Walrus Magazine 2010
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This did not require a showing of the "imminence" of an attack but rather allowed military force to disrupt a putative attacker's military capability so that it could not even get to the point of an "imminent" attack.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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"imminence," at which point it's too late, and will act preemptively when it deems it necessary - if need be without support, tacit or otherwise, from various international organizations and alliances
Cold Fury 2008
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Particularly if Obama were given an August briefing on the imminence of employment collapse.
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Particularly if Obama were given an August briefing on the imminence of employment collapse.
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