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Definition of Impending
1. Adjective. Close in time; about to occur. "His impending retirement"
Similar to: Close
Derivative terms: Imminence, Imminency, Impendency
Definition of Impending
1. a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
Definition of Impending
1. Adjective. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of impend) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impending
1. impend [v] - See also: impend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impending
Literary usage of Impending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... a staggerer to Cassius; he cannot realize it. The impending doom seems to
soften his nature. ..."
2. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... a staggerer to Cassius; he cannot realize it. The impending doom seems to
soften his nature. ..."
3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"The general apprehension however was that we should drift into war, and the first
message of Mr. Polk aroused the country to the impending danger. ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"So ably did he plead my cause that he saved my life from this impending tempest.
Ascanio meanwhile escaped to Tagliacozzo, to his home there, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Church of England,' and a ' Representation of Threatening Dangers impending over
Protestants in Great Britain before the coming of his Highness the Prince ..."
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