impending
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Verb
impending, present participle; impended, past tense; impends, 3rd person singular present; impended, past participle;
/imˈpend/,
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impending, present participle; impended, past tense; impends, 3rd person singular present; impended, past participle;
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Be about to happen
- - my impending departure
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(of something bad) Loom
- - danger of collision impends
Web Definitions:
- at hand(p): 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"
- (impend) be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
- Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
- (impend) to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat
- (impend) (v) to hover or hang threateningly; loom
- likely to happen soon