"imminence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imminences [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin imminentia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|imminentia}} Late Latin imminentia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} imminence (usually uncountable, plural imminences)
  1. The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality. Wikipedia link: imminence Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or condition of being imminent): приближаване (približavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), близост (blizost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), imminència [feminine] (Catalan), imminence [feminine] (French), forestående nærhet (Norwegian Bokmål), impis [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), inminencia [feminine] (Spanish), förestående (Swedish)

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