imminence
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imminent (ˈɪmɪnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | liable to happen soon; impending |
| 2. | obsolete jutting out or overhanging |
| [C16: from Latin imminēre to project over, from | |
| 'imminence | |
| —n | |
| 'imminentness | |
| —n | |
| 'imminently | |
| —adv | |
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Imminence
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Example sentences
Even our party has yet to grasp the significance and imminence of the coming debt crisis.
The only difference is that the imminence of a collapse is higher during a banking crisis than during a sovereign debt crisis.
Need for the highway improvement and imminence of development.
Many persons even recognize the imminence of an indisposition by the inability to recall proper names.
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