'Imminence' definitions:
Definition of 'imminence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon [syn: imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness]
Definition of 'Imminence'
From: GCIDE
- Imminence \Im"mi*nence\, n. [Cf. F. imminence, L. imminentia, See Imminent.]
- 1. The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. "But dare all imminence." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imminence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- advance,
- advent,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- aftertime,
- afteryears,
- anticipation,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- bulldozing,
- by-and-by,
- certainty,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- commination,
- confidence,
- contemplation,
- course ahead,
- crystal ball,
- denunciation,
- determinism,
- distant future,
- empty threat,
- eventuality,
- expectancy,
- expectation,
- flowing toward,
- foreboding,
- foresight,
- forthcoming,
- forward look,
- future,
- future tense,
- futurism,
- futurity,
- hereafter,
- idle threat,
- immediate future,
- immediate prospect,
- implied threat,
- intimidation,
- menace,
- near future,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- offing,
- oncoming,
- outlook,
- posteriority,
- prediction,
- probability,
- project,
- promise of harm,
- prophecy,
- prospect,
- proximation,
- reliance,
- sword of Damocles,
- the future,
- the morrow,
- the sweet by-and-by,
- thought,
- threat,
- threateningness,
- threatfulness,
- time ahead,
- time just ahead,
- time to come,
- tomorrow,
- unastonishment,
- warning