pendingadjective
uk/ˈpen.dɪŋ/us/ˈpen.dɪŋ/about to happen or waiting to happen:
There were whispers that a deal was pending.
The pending releases of the prisoners are meant to create a climate for negotiation.
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About to happen
- (just) around the corner idiom
- about
- at hand idiom
- be on the point of (doing) sth idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- in-store
- loom
- looming
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
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pendingpreposition
uk/ˈpen.dɪŋ/us/ˈpen.dɪŋ/formalused to say that one thing must wait until another thing happens:
The identity of the four people was not made public, pending (the) notification of relatives.
Flights were suspended pending (an) investigation of the crash.
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Until a particular moment
- before
- date
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- interim
- meantime
- now
- till
- to
- to date idiom
- until
- up to
- wait
- wait till/until ... idiom
- yet
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