But it's not always eminent.
Robert Beard, PhD, Linguistics, who runs alphaDictionary.com, clears up the confusion.
Imminent means impending, about to occur, just around the corner.
Eminent means "outstanding, towering above others", as an eminent linguist or eminent businessman.
Immanent (with an A instead of an I) means "inherent, indwelling", as immanent rather than externally enforced goodness.
Emanant, with two As, is rarely used these days but remains fair game. It means "issuing from some source", as the emanant goodness of the heart or an emanant cloud on the horizon.
Eminem is a rapper. I just threw this in to see if anyone is paying attention.
One might say that this blog's eminence is immanent. Then again one might not.
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