imminent
adjective
[ ˈɪmɪnənt ]
• about to happen.
• "they were in imminent danger of being swept away"
Similar:
impending,
at hand,
close,
near,
approaching,
fast approaching,
coming,
forthcoming,
on the way,
about to happen,
upon us,
in store,
in the offing,
in the pipeline,
on the horizon,
in the air,
in the wind,
brewing,
looming,
looming large,
threatening,
menacing,
expected,
anticipated,
on the cards,
• overhanging.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin imminent- ‘overhanging, impending’, from the verb imminere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + minere ‘to project’.
