English-Thai Dictionary

impend

VI ที่ ใกล้ เข้ามา (คำ ทางการ  กำลังจะ เกิดขึ้น  approach hover ti-kai-kao-ma

 

impendence

ADJ การ ใกล้ เข้ามา  การ เข้าใกล้  approach nearness proximity kan-kai-kao-ma

 

impendent

ADJ ใกล้ เข้ามา  ใกล้ จะ เกิดขึ้น  approaching imminent kai-kao-ma

 

impending

ADJ ซึ่ง กำลังจะ เกิดขึ้น ในไม่ช้า  ที่ ใกล้ จะ เกิดขึ้น  ใกล้ เข้ามา  sueng-kam-lang-ja-koed-kuen-nai-mai-cha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPEND

v.i.[L. impendeo; in and pendeo, to hang. ] 1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten. A dark cloud impends over the land.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends.
2. To be near; to be approaching and ready to fall on.
It expresses our deep sense of God's impending wrath.
Nor bear advices of impending foes.

 

IMPENDENCE, IMPENDENCY

n.The state of hanging over; near approach; a menacing attitude.

 

IMPENDENT

a.Hanging over; imminent; threatening; pressing closely; as an impendent evil.

 

IMPENDING

ppr. Hanging over; approaching near; threatening.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPEND

Im *pend ", v. t. Etym: [L. impend; pref. im- in + pend to weigh out, pay. ]

 

Defn: To pay. [Obs. ] Fabyan.

 

IMPEND

Im *pend ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending. ]Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant. ]

 

Defn: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.

 

IMPENDENCE; IMPENDENCY

IMPENDENCE; IMPENDENCY Im *pend "ence, Im *pend "en *cy, n.

 

Defn: The state of impending; also, that which impends. "Impendence of volcanic cloud. " Ruskin.

 

IMPENDENT

Im *pend "ent, a. Etym: [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendere.]

 

Defn: Impending; threatening. Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton.

 

IMPENDING

IMPENDING Im *pend "ing, a.

 

Defn: Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending brow. Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.

 

Syn. -- Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impend

im pend |imˈpend ɪmˈpɛnd | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. impending ) be about to happen: my impending departure. • (of something bad ) loom: danger of collision impends. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin impendere, from in- ‘toward, upon ’ + pendere ‘hang. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

impend

impend |ɪmˈpɛnd | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. impending ) be about to happen: my impending departure. • archaic (of something bad ) be looming: the melancholy fate which impended over his nephew. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin impendere, from in- ‘towards, upon ’ + pendere ‘hang ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impending

impending adjective a smarter grid could warn of impending blackouts: imminent, close (at hand ), near, nearing, approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming, to come, on the way, about to happen, in store, in the offing, on the horizon, in the air /wind, brewing, looming, threatening, menacing; informal coming down the pike, in the cards.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impending

impending adjective she had a strange feeling of impending danger: imminent, at hand, close, close at hand, near, nearing, approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming, to come, on the way, about to happen, upon us, in store, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, in the air, in the wind, brewing, looming, looming large, threatening, menacing; informal on the cards.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impending

im p é nd ing 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 すぐ起ころうとしている [起こりそうな ]〈出来事 〉; 差し迫った 〈危険など 〉(→imminent ).2 突き出ている (overhanging ).