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IMPENDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impendent mean?
• IMPENDENT (adjective)
The adjective IMPENDENT has 1 sense:
1. close in time; about to occur
Familiarity information: IMPENDENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Close in time; about to occur
Synonyms:
at hand; close at hand; imminent; impendent; impending
Context example:
his impending retirement
Similar:
close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)
Derivation:
impendency (the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon)
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