Definitions for impending
im·pend·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. impendingadjective

   Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

2. Etymology: From impendere.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Impending

   of Impend

2. Impendingadjective

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

How to pronounce impending?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say impending in sign language?

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. Erik Pevernagie:

   We may do well to be attentive to the good and the bad vibrations in life. Since elephants use their feet to listen to vibrations and thus capture significant codes of impending peril, they might coach humans and teach them how to become “surefooted” in hazardous times. Keeping feet on the ground, however, should not hinder us from flying high and reaching soaring heights. ("Trompe le pied.")

2. Chloe Maxmin:

   Climate change is affecting everything I love and everything I care about, my values at the moment lie around mitigating climate change and doing something about this impending crisis that is going to affect my generation and billions of people around the world.

3. Fabio Bucciarelli:

   It's hard to find front-line war photography of the kind we've seen in Libya or Syria, the images in South Sudan are different. They describe visually the effect of the impending war, lending you a view of the civilian and military populations and providing a glimpse of life inside a murky, not clearly defined conflict.

4. Jo Dyer:

   Climate change is seen as some sort of ideological issue here as opposed to an impending global crisis -- it's been reduced to part of the culture wars.

5. Liz Hayes:

   Not a hint, not a mention of any impending doom or mayday situation, i did think,' gee that's a lot of flashing lights out there' when we landed, but no more than the flashing lights from emergency vehicles I'd seen in Denver and Washington during this trip -- where there was absolutely nothing happening.

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