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impend
im·pend I0055900 (ĭm-pĕnd′)intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·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; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]impend (ɪmˈpɛnd) vb (intr) 1. (esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent2. (foll by over) rare to be suspended; hang[C16: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang] imˈpendence, imˈpendency nim•pend (ɪmˈpɛnd)
v.i. 1. to be imminent; be about to happen. 2. to threaten; menace: He felt that danger impended. 3. Archaic. to hang suspended. [1580–90; < Latin impendēre to hang over, threaten] impend
Past participle: impended
Gerund: impending
| Present |
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| I impend | | you impend | | he/she/it impends | | we impend | | you impend | | they impend |
| Preterite |
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| I impended | | you impended | | he/she/it impended | | we impended | | you impended | | they impended |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am impending | | you are impending | | he/she/it is impending | | we are impending | | you are impending | | they are impending |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have impended | | you have impended | | he/she/it has impended | | we have impended | | you have impended | | they have impended |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was impending | | you were impending | | he/she/it was impending | | we were impending | | you were impending | | they were impending |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had impended | | you had impended | | he/she/it had impended | | we had impended | | you had impended | | they had impended |
| Future |
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| I will impend | | you will impend | | he/she/it will impend | | we will impend | | you will impend | | they will impend |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have impended | | you will have impended | | he/she/it will have impended | | we will have impended | | you will have impended | | they will have impended |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be impending | | you will be impending | | he/she/it will be impending | | we will be impending | | you will be impending | | they will be impending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been impending | | you have been impending | | he/she/it has been impending | | we have been impending | | you have been impending | | they have been impending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been impending | | you will have been impending | | he/she/it will have been impending | | we will have been impending | | you will have been impending | | they will have been impending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been impending | | you had been impending | | he/she/it had been impending | | we had been impending | | you had been impending | | they had been impending |
| Conditional |
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| I would impend | | you would impend | | he/she/it would impend | | we would impend | | you would impend | | they would impend |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have impended | | you would have impended | | he/she/it would have impended | | we would have impended | | you would have impended | | they would have impended |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | impend - be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
impendverbTo be imminent:brew, hang over, loom, lower, menace, overhang, threaten.Translationsimpend
Related to impend: impedeSynonyms for impendverb to be imminentSynonyms- brew
- hang over
- loom
- lower
- menace
- overhang
- threaten
Words related to impendverb be imminent or about to happenRelated Words |