Definition of "impending" in English

adjective

1. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

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

verb

1. present participle and gerund of impend

   • The hurricane is impending.

noun

1. Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

   • Although I do think about death quite regularly, my intense fear of lesser impendings has taught me that the only way I will survive it is to remain objective […]