impend
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im·pend
(ĭm-pĕnd') 
intr.v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.
intr.v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.
- To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
- To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
- Archaic. To jut out; hang suspended.
[Latin impendēre : in-, over; see in-2 + pendēre, to hang.]
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IN BRIEF: To be about to happen.
The country braced for an impending war.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - forestå, true, være overhængende
Nederlands (Dutch)
dreigen, in aantocht zijn, hangen
Français (French)
v. intr. - être imminent
Deutsch (German)
v. - bevorstehen, drohen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επίκειμαι
Português (Portuguese)
v. - estar iminente
Русский (Russian)
надвигаться, угрожать, нависать
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ser inminente, cernerse
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hota, vara överhängande
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
迫近, 逼近, 悬置, 即将发生
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 迫近, 逼近, 懸置, 即將發生
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 절박하다, 바야흐로 일어나려 하다
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 差し迫る, 切迫する
v. - 迫る
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يتوعد, يتهدد
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - עמד לקרות, דחף (לפעולה)
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