impending

From WikiWord, the free dictionary

/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
To pay.

noun

Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

adjective

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.“I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.”

Related words

Synonyms

imminent in the offing proximate close at hand close at hand upcoming forthcoming future immediate near incipient expected incoming next approaching possible

Associated

nuptials doom catastrophe apocalypse danger disaster invasion eruption demise divorce arrival collision

Rhymes

condescending ascending tending pending descending intending unending contending blending unbending

References