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impending

/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

impendingadjective

/ɪmˈpendɪŋ/

/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

Translations

imminent

With the impending deadline, the team worked late into the night.

Avec l'échéance imminente, l'équipe a travaillé tard dans la nuit.

Additional translations

surplombantAu sens concret, pour quelque chose qui domine ou est suspendu au-dessus.

Definitions

About to happen or likely to occur soon; imminent.

With the impending deadline, the team worked late into the night.

Hanging over or threatening in a physical or figurative sense; overhanging.

The hikers took shelter from the impending cliff above.

Synonyms

in store

about to happen

impendinggerund / present participle

/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

Functions as a present-participle adjective derived from the verb “impend”; non-gradable.

Translations

imminent

The dark clouds signaled an impending storm.

Les nuages sombres annonçaient une tempête imminente.

Additional translations

menaçantS'emploie pour une menace ou une impression de danger, au sens figuré.

Definitions

About to happen; imminent.

The dark clouds signaled an impending storm.

Hanging over or threatening, especially in a physical sense; overhanging.

They trekked beneath the impending cliffs of the canyon.

Synonyms

about to happen

impendverb

impending

ing-form

impended

Past Simple

impended

Past Participle

impending

ing-form

/ɪmˈpɛnd/

Translations

menacerEmploi littéraire ou soutenu pour l'idée d'une menace qui pèse.

Dark clouds impended over the mountains, foretelling heavy rain.

De sombres nuages menaçaient au-dessus des montagnes, annonçant de fortes pluies.

se profilerS'emploie surtout pour un événement futur imminent ou qui approche.

A storm impends, and we need to prepare for it.

Une tempête se profile, et nous devons nous y préparer.

Additional translations

planerEmploi surtout littéraire pour une menace qui demeure en suspens.

Definitions

To be about to happen; be imminent.

A storm impends, and we need to prepare for it.

To hang over or threaten, as something ominous or menacing.

Dark clouds impended over the mountains, foretelling heavy rain.

Synonyms

loom

approach

threaten

be imminent

hang over