impend

intr.v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.

1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
2. To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
3. Archaic. To jut out; hang suspended.

[Latin impendēre : in-, over; see in-² + pendēre, to hang.]

verb

To be imminent: brew, hang over, loom, lower¹, menace, overhang, threaten. See near/far/distance.

IN BRIEF: To be about to happen.

The country braced for an impending war.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: be imminent or about to happen

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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

Italiano (Italian)
incombere

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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