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Using the Right Word: eminent, imminent, emanate
Friday, January 01, 2010
Eminent means "prominent, conspicuous, or famous"; imminent means "ready or threatening to happen"; emanate is a verb meaning "something coming from a particular source."
Several eminent CEO's will be flying in for the meeting. A merger of the companies is imminent.
(From Write for Business, page 330, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 42)
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