to pend

Examples

• All

• Relieved of field duty pending an internal investigation...

  Hannibal (2001)

• I got a deal pending.

  The Boost (1988)

• Then they let me out on investigation, pending investigation.

• Well, tomorrow you will tell me the details, Sir John, I have a pending issue, one last letter ... and a lady in trouble

  The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)

• So this is a work which is pending publication and this is not easy.

• We had scheduled a meeting pending your arrival.

  WarGames (1983)

• I've just been informed of pending changes in department policy.

  Blue City (1986)

• You're suspended for 90 days pending investigation.

  Legal Eagles (1986)

• Keeley knows of several other lawsuits against Great Benefit now pending across the country.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The decision on her application is still pending a final review by the committee.

Antonyms

S

settled

3.4

Decided so there is no more doubt or argument

D

decided

2.6

Very clear and easy to notice

How Settled

to resolve

623 3.3

to decide

∞ 1.0

to pend

• Formal

151 8.4

to linger

207 3.7

to dither

8 7.7

Surface Forms

Etymology