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imminent

adj
/ˈɪmɪnənt/

Etymology

From the present participle of Latin imminēre (“to overhang”), from mineō ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (English menace) and mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.

  1. derived from menace) and mons
  2. derived from imminēre — “to overhang”

Definitions

  1. About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last…

    About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

    • The Second World War was reaching fever pitch, with the entire Allied effort in top gear for the imminent invasion of Europe, while later that month buzz bombs would start falling on London.
    • “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imminent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imminent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at imminent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA