impending
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- adjective
- /ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
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inminente
- Residents are preparing for the impending storm that is forecasted to hit later this week.
- an impending crisis
- impending changes
- an impending disaster
I love that term, the impending US election and AI.
- I love that term, the impending US election and AI.
- That can be a sign of a impending or actual heart attack.
- When I think back to our senior year, I remember feeling the impending weight of graduation.
- I think that this impending climate crisis is real and happening.
- So I have quite a bit of faith in humanity when it comes to impending doom right outside our door.
- For others, it might feel like a tightness in their chest or even the symptoms of an impending panic attack or dizziness.
- And it's like most Americans wake up every day and with that sense of impending doom.
- In this video we are going to break down and deconstruct multiple arguments about the impending stock market crash.
- With anxiety, there's, you know, you feel sort of not good and there's a sense of doom, of impending doom.
- Should we talk about what you would do if you're in charge of the world to make the public more aware of the impending existential risk?
- And like, you know, it's one thing to talk about the impending demise of democracy in the United States, which let's say potential.
- They taught it to recognize data patterns that signal an impending plasma instability, and they were able to do this with good success.
Examples
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Is your staff aware of the impending danger?
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When I think back to our senior year, I remember feeling the impending weight of graduation.
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I think that this impending climate crisis is real and happening.
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I love that term, the impending US election and AI.
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So I have quite a bit of faith in humanity when it comes to impending doom right outside our door.
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Someone must have sent warning of our impending attack to the Assassins.
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I'm glad the impending snowstorm did not come here early.
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In this video we are going to break down and deconstruct multiple arguments about the impending stock market crash.
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Noncontacting motion sensors have been designed to provide early warning of impending equipment failure.
Academic text (1994) -
For others, it might feel like a tightness in their chest or even the symptoms of an impending panic attack or dizziness.
Synonyms
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1.4
About to happen
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4.8
Likely to happen very soon
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4.3
Likely to happen in the near future
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3.2
About to happen
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4.2
Happening in the near future
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5.1
Something likely to cause trouble soon
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5.6
Likely to happen soon
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2.3
Happening or likely to happen soon
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4.1
Likely to happen very soon
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8.1
Happening fairly soon but not at a set time
Likely to happen very soon
Expected to happen soon
Antonyms
How Imminent
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4.8
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impending comes from the Latin impendere, which means 'to hang over' and contains pendere 'to hang'. So an impending event is like a storm that hangs over you — it is about to happen soon and often makes you feel worried.