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Pronunciation / Transliteration: imbakhan
"우리는 임박한 위험에 직면해 있다."
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About to happen very soon, typically used of an event regarded as threatening or significant.
"The residents evacuated their homes in anticipation of the impending hurricane."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'impendere', meaning 'to hang over' or 'to threaten', composed of 'in-' (upon, towards) and 'pendere' (to hang). Entered the English language in the late 16th century, shifting from its physical sense of hanging overhead to the figurative meaning of an event about to occur imminently.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impending" is said worldwide
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imminent
Transliteration: ee-min-ahn
"Leur mariage est imminent."
bevorstehend
Transliteration: bəˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːənt
"Sie bereiten sich auf den bevorstehenden Sturm vor."
imminente
Transliteration: im-mi-nente
"La pioggia è imminente."
inminente
Transliteration: in-mi-nen-te
"Anunciaron su inminente llegada."
iminente
Transliteration: i-mi-nẽ-tʃi
"Eles enfrentam um perigo iminente."
आसन्न
Transliteration: aasanna
"तूफान आसन्न है।"
即将发生
Transliteration: jí jiāng fā shēng
"大家都在为即将到来的危险做准备。"
임박한
Transliteration: imbakhan
"우리는 임박한 위험에 직면해 있다."
差し迫った
Transliteration: sashisematta
"彼らは差し迫った危機について警告した。"
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