Definition of "imminent" []

• About to occur; impending: in imminent danger. (adjective)

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• "He used the term imminent because that is the legal requirement in the UN Charter, to which the US is a signatory and which is based upon the Nuremberg Charter established at the end of the Second World War."
• "Ever since the shooting we have heard a lot about mental illness, and specifically the term imminent danger."
• "With the new term imminent, the school's website says its location has yet to be finalised."