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- [pen-ding]
- /ˈpɛn dɪŋ/
- /ˈpen.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pen-ding]
- /ˈpɛn dɪŋ/
Definitions of pending word
- preposition pending while awaiting; until: pending his return. 1
- preposition pending in the period before the decision or conclusion of; during: pending the negotiations. 1
- adjective pending remaining undecided; awaiting decision or settlement; unfinished: pending business; pending questions; pending litigation. 1
- adjective pending about to take place; impending. 1
- verb without object pending to remain undecided or unsettled. 1
- verb without object pending to hang. 1
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Origin of pending
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; pend + -ing2, on the model of French pendant (see pendent)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pending
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pending popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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".
pending usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pending
prep pending
- all along — If something has been true or been present all along, it has been true or been present throughout a period of time.
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- in the interim — for the time being, in the meantime
adj pending
- all in all — You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- as long as — If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case.
- asser — Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- awaiting — waiting
- betwixt and between — in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position
adjective pending
- approaching — coming closer in time
- coming — A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon.
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- 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.
Antonyms for pending
adjective pending
- impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
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