impend

//ɪmˈpɛnd//
C1Frequency Level 10Formal
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Verb

impendInfinitive
impendPresent tense
impendedPast tense
impendedPast participle
impendingPresent participle
impendsThird-person singular
1

To be about to happen, especially something threatening or momentous; to loom or be imminent.

A major storm is impending, so we should prepare for evacuation.

2

To hang or hover threateningly over something.

Dark clouds impended over the small village.