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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Impending \Im*pend"ing\, a.
     Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
     imminet; threatening.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           An impending brow.                       --Hawthorne.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
  
     Syn: Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Impending.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re
     to hang. See Pendant.]
     To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at
     hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Impending.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re
     to hang. See Pendant.]
     To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near
     at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
  
           Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Impending \Im*pend"ing\, a.
     Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace;
     imminet; threatening.
  
           An impending brow.                       --Hawthorne.
  
           And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope.
  
     Syn: Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     Αγγλικά a.
     επικείμενος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     a.
     approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
     n.
     Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
     vb.
     (present participle of en impend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     a.
     approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
     n.
     Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
     vb.
     (present participle of en impend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     a.
     approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
     n.
     Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
     vb.
     (present participle of en impend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     a.
     approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
     n.
     Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
     vb.
     (present participle of en impend nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  impending
     Engelska a.
     hotande, överhängande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  التهديد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  impending //ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ// 
  предстоящ
  about to happen

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  hrozící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  nastávající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  brzdící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  překážející

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  bevorstehend
     Synonym: being about to happen
  
   see: impend, be about to happen, impended, been about to happen, impends, is about to happen, impended, was about to happen
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  bevorstehend  [kurz]
     Synonyms: imminent, pending
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  drohend 
     Synonyms: imminent, pending
  
   see: imminent danger, imminence
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  
  επικείμενος

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  1. आसन्न
        "His impending arrival."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  impending /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/
  1. fenyegetô (veszély)
  2. közelgô
  3. közelítô
  4. küszöbön álló

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  impending /ɪmˈpendɪŋ/ 
    nadciągający

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  impending //ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ// 
  förestående, hotande, kommande
  about to happen

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "impending":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 逼迫的,迫切的,悬空的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 逼迫的,迫切的,悬空的

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