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impending

/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
verb

  1. To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

  2. Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

  3. To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

noun

  1. Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

adjective

  1. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

    "I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline."

Synonymsimminent, in the offing, proximate

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