impend
pronunciation
How to pronounce impend in British English:
UK [ɪm'pend]
How to pronounce impend in American English:
US [ɪmˈpɛnd]
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- Verb:
- be imminent or about to happen
Word Origin
- impend
- impend: see pendulum
- impend (v.)
- 1590s, from figurative use of Latin impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pendere "hang" (see pendant). Related: Impended; impending.
Example
- 1. Crucial events impend in europe .
- 2. Early there were reports that the u.s. embassy in tel aviv had informed israel 's foreign ministry of the impend ing release .