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# imminent

«imminent» in Mova's school dictionary: **About to happen very soon, often something bad or dangerous** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (imminent)

### meaning for a pupil

About to happen very soon, often something bad or dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news, weather and safety it warns of something close: «a storm is imminent», «imminent danger». In stories it builds tension. Phrases: imminent danger, imminent arrival, in imminent danger, an imminent storm.

### examples

- Dark clouds showed that rain was imminent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x1)
- The firefighters said the house was in imminent danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x2)
- The baby's arrival is imminent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x3)
- An announcement about the new playground is imminent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x4)
- The ship's captain warned of an imminent storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x5)
- With the bell imminent, everyone packed their bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x6)
- Mountains and forests were in flames, rivers and streams were dried up, and a general conflagration was imminent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/#x7)

### note

Noun: imminence. Do not confuse with «eminent» (famous and respected) or «immanent» (present within). Similar: impending, approaching.

### In the corpora

- [Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.272/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imminent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imminent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.