impending — impending, imminent are comparable when they mean very likely to occur soon or without further warning. Both retain in this sense some feeling of now rare or disused senses in which they essentially denote being physically elevated and hanging… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Impending — Im*pend ing, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. [1913 Webster] An impending brow. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] And nodding Ilion waits th impending fall. Pope. Syn: Imminent; threatening. See {Imminent}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impending — [adj] forthcoming approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwritingon the wall*, hovering, imminent, in the cards*, in the offing*, in the wind*, looking to*, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon*, overhanging,… … New thesaurus
impending — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (especially of something bad or momentous) be about to happen. ORIGIN from Latin impendere overhang … English terms dictionary
impending — im|pend|ing [ımˈpendıŋ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: impendere to hang over , from pendere to hang ] an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is going to happen very soon impending danger/doom/death/disaster etc ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
impending — im|pend|ing [ ım pendıŋ ] adjective only before noun an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is one that will happen very soon: He was unaware of the impending disaster. the impending elections … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
impending — [[t]ɪmpe̱ndɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon. [FORMAL] On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster... He d spoken to Simon that morning of his impending marriage … English dictionary
impending — adjective an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is going to happen very soon: I had a sense of impending doom. | an impending ecological crisis … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
impending — UK [ɪmˈpendɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is one that will happen very soon He was unaware of the impending disaster. the impending elections … English dictionary
impending — /im pen ding/, adj. 1. about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage. 2. imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm. 3. Archaic. overhanging. [1675 85; IMPEND + ING2] Syn. 1. See imminent. * * * … Universalium
