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imminences

imminences is the plural of imminence.

Meaning of imminence

Noun

imminence (usually uncountable, plural imminences)

  1. (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

Questions about imminences

What is imminences the plural of?
Imminences is the plural of imminence.

Words near imminences in the dictionary

  1. immigrations
  2. immigrator
  3. immigrators
  4. immigratory
  5. imminence
  6. imminences
  7. imminencies
  8. imminency
  9. imminent
  10. imminent abortion
  11. imminent abortions

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