impend

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(ĭm-pĕnd') pronunciation
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.]


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To be about to happen.

pronunciation 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

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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