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- adjective
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- about to happen; impending [Princeton Review]
- about to happen; likely to happen very soon [Barron]
- ready to take place; especially: hanging threateningly over one's head [Taisha]
- likely to come or happen soon [Smirnov]
More word meanings for imminent
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- Wiktionary:
- imminent @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- imminent @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- imminent @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- imminent @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- imminent @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- imminent @ Answers.com
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