Imminent
- about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long. quotations ▼
Usage notes
- Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in dialects with the *pin-pen* merger, these become homophones. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent is also sometimes confused with immanent.
- Said of danger, threat and death.