impending

[ im-pen-ding ]
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adjective
  1. about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.

  2. imminently threatening or menacing: an impending storm.

  1. Archaic. overhanging.

Origin of impending

1
First recorded in 1675–85; impend + -ing2

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1. See imminent.

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British Dictionary definitions for impending

impending

/ (ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. about to happen; imminent

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