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impending

[im-pen-ding]

Origin

adjective

about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.

imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm.

Archaic. overhanging.

Origin:
1675–85; impend + -ing²

Can be confused: pending, impending.

Synonyms
1. See imminent.

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verb (used without object)

to be imminent; be about to happen.

to threaten or menace: He felt that danger impended.

Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over).

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin impendēre to hang over, threaten. See im-¹, pend

Related forms

su·per·im·pend, verb (used without object)

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impend (ɪmˈpɛnd)

—vb
1.	(esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
2.	rare (foll by over) to be suspended; hang

[C16: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang]

im'pendence

—n

im'pendency

—n

im'pending

—*adj*

impending (ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ)

—*adj*
	about to happen; imminent

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Word Origin & History

impend

1599, from fig. use of L. impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from in- "in" + pendere "hang" (see pendant).

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impending

1717, from impend.

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