impend

UK
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
US
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
impendverb
impended
Past Simple
impended
Past Participle
impending
Gerund
UK
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
US
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
Translations
A storm is about to impend over the city.
Шторм собирается надвигаться на город.
The crisis seemed to impend over the entire nation.
Кризис, казалось, угрожал всей нации.
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
hang over
be imminent