Impending
1impending — 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… …
2Impending — 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}.… …
3impending — I adjective about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, forthcoming, future, hanging, immediate, inevitable, in prospect, instant, in the offing, looming, near at hand, necessary, oncoming, pending, projecting, prospective, proximate, suspended …
4impending — [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,… …
5impending — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (especially of something bad or momentous) be about to happen. ORIGIN from Latin impendere overhang …
6impending — 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 ▪… …
7impending — 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 …
8impending — [[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 …
9impending — 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 …
10impending — 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 …
