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  • 41imminent — /ˈɪmənənt / (say imuhnuhnt) adjective 1. likely to occur at any moment; impending: war is imminent. 2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging. {Latin imminens, present participle, projecting over} –imminently, adverb …

  • 42imminent — adj. 1 (of an event, esp. danger) impending; about to happen. 2 archaic overhanging. Derivatives: imminence n. imminently adv. Etymology: L imminere imminent overhang, project …

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  • 43imminent — adjective /ˈɪmɪnənt/ about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which wont last long. Syn: inevitable, immediate, impending See Also …

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  • 44imminent abortion — impending spontaneous abortion in which the bleeding is profuse, the cervix softened and dilated, and the uterine contractions approach the character of labor pains …

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  • 45imminent — im|mi|nent Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …

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  • 46imminent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impending, close at hand, about to occur; near, threatening. See earliness, approach, expectation, threat. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. approaching, impending, coming, in store, at hand, brewing,… …

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  • 47imminent — im|mi|nẹnt 〈Adj.〉 drohend, nahe bevorstehend [Etym.: <lat. imminens, Part. Präs. zu imminere »hineintragen, drohen«] …

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  • 48imminent — im|minẹnt, in fachspr. Fügungen: ịm|minens [zu lat. imminere = drohen, nahe bevorstehen]: nahe bevorstehend, drohend (z. B. von einer Fehlgeburt) …

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  • 49imminent — see PROMINENT …

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  • 50imminent — immanent …

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