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Pending

11/11/2025 by

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pending (preposition)
1.
- during
2.
while awaiting - pending approval
pending (adjective)
1.
not yet decided being in continuance - the case is still pending
2.
- imminent impending
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pending (adjective)
1.
not yet settled or decided
SYNONYMS:
open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled
RELATED WORDS:
hanging; arguable, debatable, disputable, moot, uncertain, unsure
in hand
NEAR ANTONYMS:
confirmed, established; certain, sure
decided, determined, resolved, settled
pending (adjective)
2.
being soon to appear or take place
SYNONYMS:
approaching, coming, imminent, impending, nearing, oncoming, pending, proximate, upcoming
RELATED WORDS:
future; anticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bygone, erstwhile, foregone, former, old, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilom
late, recent
pending (adjective)
3.
giving signs of immediate occurrence
SYNONYMS:
impending, looming, pending, threatening
RELATED WORDS:
approaching, coming, forthcoming, future, near, nearing, oncoming, upcoming; brewing, gathering; likely, possible, probable; inevitable, unavoidable; apocalyptic ( apocalyptical), lowering, menacing, ominous, portentous; anticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted
NEAR ANTONYMS:
distant, far-off, remote; eventual, ultimate; bygone, former, past; late, recent
pending (preposition)
in the course of
SYNONYMS:
amid ( amidst), by, over, pending, through, throughout
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