impendency

Examples

• All

• The growing tension signaled the impendency of conflict in the region.

• There was a sense of impendency in the air before the announcement.

• Her voice betrayed a sense of impendency as the storm approached.

• The committee discussed the impendency of an economic crisis during their meeting.

• The growing tension signaled the impendency of conflict in the region.

• Her voice betrayed a sense of impendency as the storm approached.

• The committee discussed the impendency of an economic crisis during their meeting.

Synonyms

I

imminence

vsimpendency

• Formal

2 7.0

A time when something is about to happen

is the alternative noun form with the same meaning

I

impendence

vsimpendency

9.6

The state of something happening very soon

is the same idea expressed with a different suffix

I

imminency

vsimpendency

• Formal

7.6

A time when something is likely to happen very soon

is used for things nearer and more definite

I

imminentness

vsimpendency

• Formal

8.8

A strong chance that something will happen very soon

is the term for an actual near occurrence rather than likelihood

F

forthcomingness

vsimpendency

9.1

The fact that something will happen soon

is used for events that are more immediately about to happen

How Imminent

inevitability

29 5.8

imminence

• Formal

2 7.0

impendency

9.3

likelihood

274 3.6

chance

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology