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Definitions for Pending

[1] while awaiting; until: pending his return.
[2] in the period before the decision or conclusion of; during: pending the negotiations.
[3] remaining undecided; awaiting decision or settlement; unfinished: pending business; pending questions; pending litigation.
[4] about to take place; impending.
[5] to remain undecided or unsettled.
[6] to hang.
[7] Obsolete . to depend.
[8] while waiting for or anticipating
[9] not yet decided, confirmed, or finished what are the matters pending?
[10] imminent these developments have been pending for some time
[11] to await judgment or settlement
[12] dialect to hang; depend
[13] Scot an archway or vaulted passage

Words related to Pending

imminent, undecided, impending, awaiting, continuing, dependent, forthcoming, hanging, indeterminate, ominous, undetermined, unsettled, pensile

Words nearby Pending

pendency, pendent, pendente lite, pendentive, penderecki, pending, pendleton, pendolino, pendragon, pendu, pendular

Origin of Pending

1490–1500; ≪ Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend

Words that may be confused with Pending

pending, impending

Other words from Pending

non·pend·ing , adjective
un·pend·ing , adjective

Word origin for Pending

C15: from Latin pendēre to hang; related to Latin pendere to suspend

Synonyms for Pending

imminent, impending, undecided, awaiting, continuing, dependent, forthcoming, hanging, in line, in the balance, in the offing, in the works, indeterminate, ominous, on board, on line, pensile, undetermined, unsettled, up in the air