Imminent and Subsequent

Imminent

Imminent adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.

Subsequent and imminent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subsequent" instead an adjective "Imminent".

Nearby Words: imminence, imminently

Subsequent

Subsequent adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Imminent and subsequent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imminent" instead an adjective "Subsequent".

Nearby Words: subsequently, subsequence

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth aka: Persona Q The fear of causing one of these is also the reason Margaret forces herself to not tell Elizabeth about the P3 Hero's imminent death and Elizabeth's subsequent departure from the Velvet Room, even though she is close to spilling the beans a few times.
  • Visual Novel / Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! In one particular storyline, when Gakuto and Moro are complaining to Yamato about how scary girls are, Yamato wisely keeps quiet, predicting - accurately - the imminent arrival (and subsequent beatdown initiated by) the girls of the family.
  • Hourglass Plot After his escape and subsequent execution of his plans for revenge, Dantes is now the one with titular noble title, beautiful woman, and nigh-limitless fortune, with Fernand's fortune completely lost, his woman gone, and under threat of imminent arrest for murder and conspiracy.
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