Meaning

4 senses
  1. (figuratively, intransitive)To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

  2. (intransitive)To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

    impending doom

    bevorstehen, drohen, sich ankündigen

    надвигатьсяnadvigatʹsja

    be imminent or about to happen

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

  4. (obsolete)To pay.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. We had a sense of impending disaster.

    deUns schwante Übles.

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  2. I have a sense of impending danger.

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  3. The black sky heralded an impending storm.

    deDer schwarze Himmel kündigte einen sich zusammenbrauenden Sturm an.

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  4. I was keyed up over her impending operation.

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  5. The impending examination loomed large in her mind.

    ruПредстоящий экзамен не давал ей покоя.

    deDas anstehende Examen gab ihr keine Ruhe.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
be about to happen:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
be about to happen:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s.

Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s.

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Forms

impends, impending, impended, impended
Base formimpend · to impend
3rd person singularimpends
Present participleimpending
Past simpleimpended
Past participleimpended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimpend
he, she, itimpends

Past simpleLesson

all personsimpended

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave impended
he, she, ithas impended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill impend

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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