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Definitions of imminent

1. IMMINENCE. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

2. IMMINENTLY. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

3. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; - said especially of misfortune or peril. Webster Dictionary DB

4. Threatening or about to fall or occur immediately. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

5. Near at hand: threatening: impending. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

6. Dangerous and close at hand; impending; threatending. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

7. Impending; threatening; close at hand. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

8. Impending; threatening; at hand. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for imminent

1. There is a kind of pain which is so exquisite that it becomes joy; he realised such a pain now, an immense yearning to take the lonely girl to his bosom, and kiss her wet eyelids, and defend her from the imminent sword of sorrow. – Masterman and Son by W. J. Dawson

2. To us, though we have, as far as I can see, not the least reasonable cause for supposing the end of the world to be more imminent than it was a thousand years ago- to us, nevertheless, and to every generation of men, the night is always far spent, and the day is always at hand. – The Water of Life and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley