imminence
imminence noun: the state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
Noun
imminence (usually uncountable, plural imminences)
- 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
imminence meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
imminence in Urdu
- ناگزیریت
imminence in Bengali
- imminence, proximity, nearness
- নৈকট্য nōikoṭṭo
imminence in Malayalam
- സമീപിച്ചിരിക്കൽ, സംഭവ്വാപത്ത്, ആസന്നത, ആപൽസൂചന
imminence in Kannada
- ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತತೆ, ಆಸನ್ನತೆ, ಸದ್ಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಸಂಭವಿಸಲಿರುವಿಕೆ
Forms of imminence
| plural | imminences |
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Origin of imminence
Borrowed from Late Latin imminentia.
Questions about imminence
- What does imminence mean?
- Imminence means the state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
- What is imminence in Urdu?
- Imminence in Urdu is ناگزیریت. See Imminence meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is imminence?
- Imminence is a noun.
- What is the plural of imminence?
- The plural of imminence is imminences.
Words near imminence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: imminence (page history and authors); imminence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নৈকট্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); imminence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imminence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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