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im·pend·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impendingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. impendingadjective

    Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

  2. Etymology: From impendere.

ChatGPT

  1. impending

    Impending generally refers to an event or situation that is about to happen soon, especially one that is of significant nature or importance. It is often used to describe something that is approaching or looming, often conveying a sense of threat or negativity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impending

    of Impend

  2. Impendingadjective

    hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impending in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of impending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of impending in a Sentence

  1. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    If you can’t get your targets to vote for a positive vision of the future, convince them to vote against a vision of impending doom.

  2. Obert Gutu:

    ZANU-PF should be utterly ashamed of hosting an expensive birthday bash for their aging ruler whilst more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans are wallowing in grinding poverty caused by decades of Robert Mugabe's misrule and mismanagement of the economy, the money that is being budgeted for this ill-conceived birthday bash should actually be used to import maize to avert the impending starvation in Masvingo province and other parts of the country.

  3. Ted Gibson:

    But last January I hit 280, i had less energy and my back hurt. I wanted to look amazing for my impending 50th birthday.

  4. Ruwan Wijewardene:

    By now it has been established that the intelligence units were aware of this attack and a group of responsible people were informed about the impending attack, however, this information has been circulated among only a few officials.

  5. Mewang Gyeltshen:

    The plan is to boost energy security in the country and diversify the energy supply, this is being done to counter the impending threats of climate change.

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