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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "即將來臨"
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"word": "dreigend"
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "tuleva"
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "imminent"
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "bevorstehend"
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"word": "raraka"
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nært forestående"
},
{
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "umiddelbart forestående"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "overhengende"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "dreiwent"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "bliski"
},
{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nadciągający"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "iminente"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iminent"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predstojáščij",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "предстоя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadvigájuščijsja",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "надвига́ющийся"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "inevitable",
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"roman": "neminújemyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "немину́емый"
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"roman": "neizbéžnyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "неизбе́жный"
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhaviṣya",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "भविष्य"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "iminentno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neminovno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neizbježno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neposredno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "prestojeće"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "inminente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nära förestående"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "överhängande"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "inevitable",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nemynúčyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "немину́чий"
}
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"ref": "1927, Whitney v. California",
"text": "To courageous, self-reliant men, with confidence in the power of free and fearless reasoning applied through the processes of popular government, no danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is opportunity for full discussion.",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "即將來臨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíjiāng láilín",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "即将来临"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "bezprostřední"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "imminent"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "dreigend"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "tuleva"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "imminent"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "bevorstehend"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "epikeímenos",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "επικείμενος"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "minac-anta"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "imminente"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "jeolbakhan",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "절박한"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
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"code": "mi",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "raraka"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nært forestående"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "umiddelbart forestående"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "overhengende"
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{
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "dreiwent"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "bliski"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nadciągający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "iminente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iminent"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predstojáščij",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "предстоя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadvigájuščijsja",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "надвига́ющийся"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "inevitable",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neminújemyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "немину́емый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "inevitable",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neizbéžnyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "неизбе́жный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhaviṣya",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "भविष्य"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "iminentno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neminovno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neizbježno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "neposredno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "prestojeće"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "inminente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "nära förestående"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "överhängande"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "inevitable",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nemynúčyj",
"sense": "about to happen, occur, or take place very soon",
"word": "немину́чий"
}
],
"word": "imminent"
}
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