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imminence

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im·mi·nence  (m-nns)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being about to occur.
2. Something about to occur.
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Noun1.imminence - the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"


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But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
(and he himself an insignificant atom in it) would go through fire and water, commit crime, die, or perform deeds of highest heroism, and so he could not but tremble and his heart stand still at the imminence of that word.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The air was damp with the on-coming of rain, for the storm had not yet burst, though the rising wind proclaimed its imminence.
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