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单词 imminence
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imminencen.

/ˈɪmɪnəns/
Etymology: < late Latin imminēntia, < imminēnt- : see imminent adj. and -ence suffix.
1. The fact or condition of being imminent or impending.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence
nighness1548
towardness1549
propinquity1611
approacha1616
coming1626
looming1627
impendencya1632
fall1647
imminence1655
impendence1657
instancy1658
imminency1665
soonness1668
incumbence1677
simmering1844
proximity1876
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 10 Rufus..on the imminence of any danger or distress..promised them the releasing of their taxes.
1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Hist. Europe 59/1 Their want of exertion on the imminence of the danger.
1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xii. 6 The apparent imminence of intestine war.
2. That which is imminent; impending evil or peril.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence > that which is imminent
imminence1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 13 I..dare all immynence that gods and men Addresse their daungers in. View more context for this quotation
1882 Quain's Med. Dict. 1151/2 The morbid imminences of this age are few.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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