about to English

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about to phraseologicalUnit

— (idiomatic, with verb infinitive) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates that something is imminent.

— (as negative 'not about to', informal, originally, _, US, Canada) Indicates that one has no intention of doing the stated thing at any time in the future.

— indicating imminence

Synonyms about to synonyms

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about to English » English

on the point of

intend

going to

begin to

almost

to

on the verge of

about

will

want to

unto

scarcely

quite

punctiliar

provide

prepare

preparation

onto

on

nearly

near

mean

just about to

just

intend to

hope

forthcoming

for

expect

exactly

close

barely

at last

above

about to happen

Topics about to topics

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States Time Aspectual time Future

Soon

• What words indicate that an event will happen soon?
  soon sooner almost approach close directly imminence imminent impending near presently quickly shortly about to in a little while not long won't be long almost here just around the corner in the near future about to happen any minute (now) in a minute in a moment

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News and current affairs

SAN FRANCISCO - It has never been easy to have a rational conversation about the value of gold.

But gold bugs are right to worry about whether the government will honor its commitments under more extreme circumstances.