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# impending

«impending» in Mova's school dictionary: **About to happen soon, often something unpleasant or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (impending)

### meaning for a pupil

About to happen soon, often something unpleasant or important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it creates suspense: «a feeling of impending doom». In news and weather it describes events close at hand. Phrases: impending doom, impending storm, impending visit, impending danger.

### examples

- The dark sky warned of an impending storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x1)
- There was a feeling of impending doom in the haunted house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x2)
- Everyone was nervous about the impending exams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x3)
- The impending visit of the inspector made the teachers busy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x4)
- The animals sensed the impending earthquake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x5)
- News of the impending wedding spread fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x6)
- In vain does he attempt to save the twins from their impending fate, by concealing them in a secret abode constructed for that purpose underground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/#x7)

### note

Used before a noun. Similar: imminent, upcoming, approaching. «Impending doom» is a fixed, often jokey phrase. From the verb «impend», which is rare.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impending» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impending/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.