impend
to be imminent; be about to happen.
to threaten or menace: He felt that danger impended.
Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over).
Origin of impend
1Other words from impend
- su·per·im·pend, verb (used without object)
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How to use impend in a sentence
Over the last few weeks, anytime I’ve asked media buyers what they’re focused on I’ve heard that the impending changes from Apple’s iOS 14 update are top of mind.
Marketing Briefing: As Apple and Google privacy updates near, marketers, media buyers see ‘adverse impact on advertisers’ | Kristina Monllos | January 26, 2021 | DigidayThe third-party cookie’s impending demise is one catalyst pushing publishers to prioritize their first-party data in programmatic ad sales, but advertiser demand has accelerated that push in 2020.
‘Table stakes’: Why publishers’ first-party data has become prerequisite to programmatic ad sales | Tim Peterson | December 7, 2020 | DigidayBut, in this time of impending climate crisis, O’Rourke says that every little bit counts.
How to buy carbon offsets that actually make a difference | Ula Chrobak | December 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDespite a pandemic that’s shocked the entire economy and impending antitrust lawsuits, Big Tech is doing rather well.
As Covid-19 surges, the world’s biggest tech companies report staggering profits | Rani Molla | October 30, 2020 | VoxIn mid-July, Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the impending fall and winter could be “one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in American public health.”
Fines and imprisonment impend over us, for exercising one of the holiest charities of our religion.
The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act | Lydia Maria ChildAt the distance of a mile they appeared to tower and almost impend over us.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensConcealing his agitation, he began the routine of such familiar labors as impend on the eve of battle.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneOne speaks upon occasion, giving him warning when grave troubles impend.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleThe Kalmuck priest wears a leather coat, over the laps of which impend hundreds of strips, with leather tassels on the breast.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for impend
/ (ɪmˈpɛnd) /
(esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
(foll by over) rare to be suspended; hang
Origin of impend
1Derived forms of impend
- impendence or impendency, noun
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