imminent
[adjective]
Synonyms: near, at hand, close, coming, forthcoming, gathering, impending, in the pipeline, looming

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Contrasted words: distant, far-off, remote
Related Idioms: in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view
Related Words: approaching, coming, nearing, upcoming, brewing, gathering, pending, likely, possible, probable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, unavoidable, unescapable, alarming, ominous, sinister, minatory

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im‧mi‧nent /ˈɪmənənt, ˈɪmɪnənt/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of imminere 'to stick out, threaten']
an event that is imminent, especially an unpleasant one, will happen very soon
imminent danger/threat/death/disaster etc
He was in imminent danger of dying.
A new trade agreement is imminent.
—imminence noun [uncountable]:
the imminence of the General Election
—imminently adverb

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