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imminent
If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon. There appeared no imminent danger... ADJ • imminence The imminence of war was on everyone’s mind. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n IMMOBILE 1. Someone or something that is immobile is completely still. Joe remained as immobile as if he had been carved out of rock. = motionless ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • immobility Hyde maintained the rigid immobility of his shoulders. N-UNCOUNT 2. Someone or something that is immobile is unable to move or unable to be moved. A riding accident left him immobile. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • immobility Again, the pain locked me into immobility. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, imminens, present participle of imminere to project, threaten, from in- + -minere (akin to Latin mont-, mons mountain) — more at mount Date: 1528 ready to take place; especially hanging threateningly over one's head was in ~ danger of being run over • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
прил. 1) неизбежный (об угрозе, опасности), неминуемый 2) предстоящий, близкий, грозящий Syn: inevitable ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. надвигающийся, нависший, неминуемый, неизбежный imminent danger —- надвигающаяся опасность to be in imminent danger —- быть в непосредственной опасности a storm is imminent —- надвигается гроза 2. предстоящий, близкий imminent decision —- ожидаемое в скором времени решение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj an event that is imminent will happen very soon (A declaration of war now seemed imminent. | The company is now in imminent danger of collapse.) (- compare immanent) - imminence n - imminently adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1436, from L. imminentem (nom. imminens), prp. of imminere "to overhang, impend, be near," from in- "into" + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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