Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'imminence':
The quality or condition of being about to occur.
Something about to occur.
Synonyms of word 'imminence' :
imminency
forthcomingness
imminentness
impendence
impendency
Usage of the word 'imminence' in Sentences :
imminence of death.
given the imminence of Elena's GCSE exams, time is obviously of the essence.
imminence of war.
Most of the news were presented suggesting the imminence of a confrontation between the two countries.
imminence of the threat of loss.
imminence of social revolution.
imminence of the election, however, prevented him from making any dramatic disclosures.
imminence of this danger.
Usage of the word 'imminence' in popular media :
Wall Street Journal —
“caroline champetier's cinematography, austere but never somber, works in concert with the tempo to study details big and small: the monks' traditional postures, indeed their choreography, as they pray and chant; the glow of bottled honey from the monastery's hives; an army helicopter announcing the
imminence of chaos as it lumbers over the village; one brother's proud display of a wheel of cheese, together with medical supplies, on his return from a trip to europe; a terrorist's face, at first cruel and impassive but then softening ever so slightly as he requests help for wounded comrades.....
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