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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality..
For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
Use imminence when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Imminence means The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality..
Common synonyms include impendency, forthcomingness, impendence, imminency.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
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