| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | im·mi·nent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m  -nnt |
| ADJECTIVE: | About to occur; impending: in imminent danger. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English iminent, from Old French imminent, from Latin immin ns, imminent-, present participle of imminre, to overhang : in-, in; see in–2 + -minre, to jut, threaten; see men-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | immi·nent·ly —ADVERB
immi·nent·ness —NOUN
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