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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

आसन्न

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aasanna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Imminent/ˈɪm.ɪ.nənt/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"तूफान आसन्न है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    About to happen very soon, especially describing an event or state of affairs.

    "The dark clouds and sudden drop in temperature signaled that a severe storm was imminent."
  2. 2

    Impending threateningly; hanging overhead as an immediate peril.

    "The trapped miners faced imminent danger as the tunnel walls began to groan and shift."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'imminentem', present participle of 'imminere', meaning 'to hang over, threaten, or impinge upon'. It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially retaining a strong sense of a menacing presence before shifting broadly to denote any event about to happen very soon.

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