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impending

UK
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
US
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

Translations

impendingadjective
UK
/ɪmˈpendɪŋ/
US
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
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.
Synonyms
near
in store
threatening
brewing
oncoming
coming
about to happen
imminent
forthcoming
looming
approaching
upcoming
pending
impendinggerund / present participle
UK
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
US
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
Functions as a present-participle adjective derived from the verb “impend”; non-gradable.
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.
Synonyms
imminent
approaching
looming
pending
about to happen
near
coming
impendverb

impending

Gerund

impended
Past Simple
impended
Past Participle
impending
Gerund
UK
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
US
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
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.
Synonyms
loom
approach
threaten
be imminent
hang over

Definitions

impendingadjective
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.
impendinggerund / present participle
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.
impendverb
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.
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