impending
adjective /ɪmˈpendɪŋ/
/ɪmˈpendɪŋ/
[only before noun]- (usually of an unpleasant event) that is going to happen very soon synonym imminent
- his impending retirement
- warnings of impending danger/disaster
- They were all filled with a sense of impending doom.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImpending is used with these nouns:- arrival
- catastrophe
- conflict
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