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- [im-pen-ding]
- /ɪmˈpɛn dɪŋ/
- /ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [im-pen-ding]
- /ɪmˈpɛn dɪŋ/
Definitions of impending word
- adjective impending about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage. 1
- adjective impending imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm. 1
- adjective impending Archaic. overhanging. 1
- verb without object impending to be imminent; be about to happen. 1
- verb without object impending to threaten or menace: He felt that danger impended. 1
- verb without object impending Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over). 1
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Origin of impending
First appearance:
before 1675 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1675-85; impend + -ing2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Impending
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
impending popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
impending usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for impending
adj impending
- imminent — likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
- looming — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
- approaching — coming closer in time
- gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
adjective impending
- in the near future — soon
- awaiting — waiting
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
- just around the corner — in the next street
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
Antonyms for impending
adj impending
- gone — past participle of go1 .
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
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