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单词 impending
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impendingadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/us/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/

used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon:

impending disaster/doom
The player announced his impending retirement from international football.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

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
  • loom
  • looming
  • make to do sth idiom
  • ready
  • store
  • teeter
  • teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
  • threshold
  • wait in the wings idiom

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impendingadjective [ not gradable ]

us/ɪmˈpen·dɪŋ/

(esp. of something unpleasant) about to happen soon:

The impending crisis over trade made everyone nervous.
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