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say it: im-PEN-ding
impending is an adjective meaning "close in time; about to occur". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for impending come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.