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pending
/ˈpɛndɪŋ/
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What does pending mean?
verb
- present participle and gerund of pend
adjective
- Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
- Begun but not completed.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- About to happen; imminent or impending.
preposition
- While waiting for something; until.
- During.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛndɪŋ/
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Captain Davis ran in as near the coast as he could safely venture and dropped anchor, pending the moderation of the wind.
We are nearly two years from a Congressional election, and politics cannot so greatly distract us as if such contest was immediately pending.
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“Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way, there does not seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall.”
A lawsuit had been pending for eleven years between these two noblemen, and they looked upon each other in consequence with a certain degree of coldness.
This order of things was necessary, and, pending the establishment of complete equality, it was not impossible that the welfare of all should be secured by it.