IMPENDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impending mean? 

• IMPENDING (adjective)
  The adjective IMPENDING has 1 sense:

1. close in time; about to occur

  Familiarity information: IMPENDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPENDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close in time; about to occur

Synonyms:

at hand; close at hand; imminent; impendent; impending

Context example:

his impending retirement

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

 Context examples 

Ask to have the test redone, especially if the test is critical in forming the basis of an impending medical decision.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In vague ways it was borne in upon him that a change was impending.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

From this time Felix was more employed, and the heart-moving indications of impending famine disappeared.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

It is the characteristic sign of impending birth and is caused by increased pressure in the region.

(Bulging Perineum, NCI Thesaurus)

In this quarter, indeed, disappointment was impending over Sir Thomas.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Lizzie was very quiet and without interest in what was impending.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Besides the obvious positive reading promising food, I found multiple negative ones which warn of the impending catastrophe.

(‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story, University of Cambridge)

A condition due to lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in impending or actual cessation of life.

(Asphyxia, Food and Drug Administration)

Located in the Peruvian Andes, Ubinas has shown signs of an impending eruption since the mid-2013, highlighted by the appearance of a fresh lava dome in March 2014.

(Fresh lava arrives at Ubinas volcano, NASA)

He had a vague feeling of impending doom.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)