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impend

[ im-pend ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to be imminent; be about to happen.
  2. to threaten or menace:

    He felt that danger impended.

  3. Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over ).


impend

/ ɪˈɛԻ /

verb

  1. (esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
  2. rare.
    foll by over to be suspended; hang
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԻԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p··Ի verb (used without object)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of impend1

First recorded in 1580–90, impend is from the Latin word Իŧ to hang over, threaten. See im- 1, pend
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of impend1

C16: from Latin Իŧ to overhang, from Իŧ to hang
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“It is a natural consumer behavior when people see an impending price change to race in and respond accordingly,” said Dominick Miserandino, a retail and consumer analyst and chief executive of Retail Tech Media Nexus.

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Currently touring the new material across the U.K., he’ll stop in L.A. just in time to bless the Bowl with a cheery conversation with the audience about our impending demise.

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In the first week of July, they were mapping out his impending minor-league rehab assignment in pitching department meetings.

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People are generally trying to save money, too, amid all the impending recession talk and existing pricing woes.

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Meanwhile, DHS revocations of Temporary Protected Status extensions force thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian recipients into impending legal limbo.

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