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about to be

ADJECTIVE

prospective

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eventual expected proposed soon-to-be

WEAK

approaching awaited coming considered destined forthcoming future hoped-for imminent impending intended likely looked-for planned possible promised to come to-be

Antonyms

WEAK

agreed concurred

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When Jon Doyle got a text from his publisher out of the blue, he assumed his debut book was about to be dropped.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

You were about to be hit with a proverbial golf ball.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The Indy 500 was about to be decided by a single lap.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Markets are about to be left without the steady drumbeat of earnings.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Following the outcry over the Lusitania, Germany imposed strict limitations on submarine operations, pledging to warn those on board a vessel about to be attacked so they could abandon ship beforehand.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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