imminence en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin imminentia.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| imminences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
gd impis (state or condition of being imminent) · bg приближаване (state or condition of being imminent) · fr imminence (state or condition of being imminent) · bg близост (state or condition of being imminent) · nb forestående nærhet (state or condition of being imminent) · sv förestående (state or condition of being imminent) · es inminencia (state or condition of being imminent) · ca imminència (state or condition of being imminent)