Meaning of IMPENDING
| Pronunciation: | | im'pending
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| | Definition: | | [adj] close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" |
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| | Synonyms: | | at hand(p), close, close at hand(p), imminent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pend"ing\, a.
Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
imminet; threatening.
An impending brow. --Hawthorne.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
Syn: Imminent; threatening. See {Imminent}.
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| | Related Terms: | | about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, beetle, beetle-browed, beetling, brewing, close, close at hand, coming, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate, imminent, impendent, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, incumbent, instant, jutting, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, overhanging, overhung, pending, preparing, projecting, proximate, superincumbent, that will be, threatening, to come, upcoming, waiting |
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