Dictionary Definition
impending 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"
[syn: at
hand(p), close at
hand(p), imminent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
- I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.
Translations
Approaching; about to happen- Spanish: inminente
- Dutch: nakend
- French: imminent
- Russian: приближающийся (približájuš'ijs'a), надвигающийся (nadvigájuš'ijs'a)
Verb
impending- present participle of impend (Approaching; drawing
near; about to happen.)
- The hurricane is impending.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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