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im·pend
(ĭm-pĕnd′)intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends
1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
2. To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
3. Archaic To jut out; hang suspended.
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impend
(ɪmˈpɛnd)vb (intr)
1. (esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
2. (foll by over) rare to be suspended; hang
[C16: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang]
imˈpendence, imˈpendency n
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im•pend
(ɪmˈpɛnd)v.i.
1. to be imminent; be about to happen.
2. to threaten; menace: He felt that danger impended.
3. Archaic. to hang suspended.
[1580–90; < Latin impendēre to hang over, threaten]
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impend
Past participle: impended
Gerund: impending
| Imperative |
|---|
| impend |
| impend |
| Present |
|---|
| I impend |
| you impend |
| he/she/it impends |
| we impend |
| you impend |
| they impend |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I impended |
| you impended |
| he/she/it impended |
| we impended |
| you impended |
| they impended |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am impending |
| you are impending |
| he/she/it is impending |
| we are impending |
| you are impending |
| they are impending |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have impended |
| you have impended |
| he/she/it has impended |
| we have impended |
| you have impended |
| they have impended |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was impending |
| you were impending |
| he/she/it was impending |
| we were impending |
| you were impending |
| they were impending |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had impended |
| you had impended |
| he/she/it had impended |
| we had impended |
| you had impended |
| they had impended |
| Future |
|---|
| I will impend |
| you will impend |
| he/she/it will impend |
| we will impend |
| you will impend |
| they will impend |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have impended |
| you will have impended |
| he/she/it will have impended |
| we will have impended |
| you will have impended |
| they will have impended |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be impending |
| you will be impending |
| he/she/it will be impending |
| we will be impending |
| you will be impending |
| they will be impending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been impending |
| you have been impending |
| he/she/it has been impending |
| we have been impending |
| you have been impending |
| they have been impending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been impending |
| you will have been impending |
| he/she/it will have been impending |
| we will have been impending |
| you will have been impending |
| they will have been impending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been impending |
| you had been impending |
| he/she/it had been impending |
| we had been impending |
| you had been impending |
| they had been impending |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would impend |
| you would impend |
| he/she/it would impend |
| we would impend |
| you would impend |
| they would impend |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have impended |
| you would have impended |
| he/she/it would have impended |
| we would have impended |
| you would have impended |
| they would have impended |
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Verb 1. impend - be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
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