Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an imminent manner; threateningly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an imminent manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
imminent manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an imminent manner
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Examples
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The government has said only that it will go to the polls by year-end, but an election is expected to be called imminently, likely for late August.
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- ReutersOf course, note the use of the phrase imminently - still sounds like hedging to me.
09/22/2004 2004
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Sunday Times, with staff due to be briefed about the scale of cutbacks at the Times's News International sister title imminently.
The Guardian World News Dan Sabbagh 2011
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This approach could be properly characterized as imminently sensible, though not hugely courageous.
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I read that Labour donors who were proxies for Abrahams due to be arrested 'imminently'
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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WestLB's management board will "imminently" create a shortlist from a group of potential buyers that include rival property lender
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All through the day we kept hearing the word "imminently".
Theo Walcott's public World Cup pain should have been avoided 2010
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Times Online will relaunch as separate entities "imminently" has relaunched as two separate editions and will go paid within about four weeks.
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But he's pushing ahead: On Wednesday, Mr. Anwar vowed to run for parliament "imminently" in a by-election, with the aim of toppling the government by September.
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The deal will apparently be announced "imminently".
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