impending

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Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.

Present participle of impend. (Approaching; drawing near; about to happen.)

The hurricane is impending.

present participle of impend, Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon. On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster. an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is going to happen very soon impending danger/doom/death/disaster etc (impendere , from pendere )
{s} approaching, coming soon; looming, threatening
close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening
impending disaster
disaster that is about to occur
impend
to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat

My hunger should impend any second now.

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to be imminent
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To pay
impend
{f} be about to happen, be imminent; threaten
impend
be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
impend
be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending
impend
To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent
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