Imminence

['ɪmɪnəns] or ['ɪmənəns]

Definition

(noun.) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.

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Definition

(n.) The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.

(n.) That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.

Typist: Rosanna

Examples

Returning in July, 1870, from a visit to Liebig at Munich, Pasteur heard at Strasburg of the imminence of war. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
The knowledge of the imminence of death was like a drug. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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