imminently

Meanings

• adverb

  About to happen or occur; immediately forthcoming.

  - "The deadline for submitting the application is imminent."
  - "The storm is imminent, please take shelter."
  - "The birth of their first child is imminent."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with imminently
commonly , gently , minimally , seldomly

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Variants

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imminent , imminently

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'imminens', meaning 'hanging over, looming'.

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Trivia

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1. Imminently is a 12-letter word.

2. Imminently is often used in legal contexts to describe the impending expiration of a statute of limitations.

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Related Concepts

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1. Urgency: Imminently is often used to describe a sense of urgency or the need for immediate action.

2. Proximity: Imminently describes something that is very close in time or space.

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Quotes

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1. The compression squashes the bullet slightly, enabling about a half-dozen spiral grooves cut along the barrel's inner wall to grab the bullet and make it spin. That spin stabilizes the bullet's "imminent" flight.

   - Peter Weiss,{it}Science News{/it},11 Jan. 2003

2. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the local authorities were momentarily stunned, and began frantically trying to prepare for what they feared were further "imminent" attacks.

   - Richard A. Clarke,{it}Atlantic{/it},January/February 2005

3. Plaints about the "imminent" demise of the language are made in every century. But there is usually nothing inherently wrong with most changes the purists deplore.

   - Steven Pinker,{it}New York Times{/it},24 Dec. 1999

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Culture

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Imminently is often used in literature and poetry to describe the sense of urgency or the approaching of an event. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven', the speaker is described as being 'imminent and approaching' death.

How to Memorize "imminently"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a clock with the hands pointing to the minute hand being just about to move and complete a full circle.
   - Visualize a storm cloud looming in the sky, ready to burst.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a deadline or a clock ticking.
   - Associate the word with the feeling of urgency or the need to take action.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'I'm Min' to remember the meaning: 'I'm Min' means 'Imminent and Minute'.

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