imminent
IM-i-nuhnt/ˈɪmɪnənt/
Often confused with eminent
- 1About to happen or occur very soon, especially something that will not last long.
With enemy troops massing along the border, an invasion seemed imminent.
Doctors warned the family that the patient's collapse was imminent without treatment.
Similarimpending, approaching, near, close
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Origin
From the present participle of Latin imminēre ("to overhang"), from mineō ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (source of English menace) and mons (source of English mount).