IMMINENCE, IMMINENT
ADJECTIVES
► IMPENDENT of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand → a1592
► NEAR HAND nearby; imminent → 1958 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► IMPENDENCE menacing attitude; imminence → 1657
► IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character → a1632
PHRASES
► IN THE WIND likely to happen; imminent → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THREE MORE AND UP GOES THE DONKEY used to denote the imminence of events → 1910s sl.
VERBS
► IMPEND to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand → 1674
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