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[syn: imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
imminence
n 1: the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon [syn:
imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence,
impendency, forthcomingness]