Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pend
adjectivepending (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAwaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
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adjectiveAbout to happen; imminent or impending.
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adjectiveawaiting conclusion or confirmation
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian висящ, нерешен
- висящ (visjašt)awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- нерешен (nerešen)awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- незавършен (nezavăršen)begun but not completed
- предстоящ (predstojašt)about to happen; imminent or impending
Catalan pendent, pendent
- pendentawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- pendentbegun but not completed
- pendentabout to happen; imminent or impending
Dutch in afwachting, in afwachting
- in afwachtingawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- in afwachtingbegun but not completed
- in afwachtingabout to happen; imminent or impending
Estonian lahtine, otsustamata
- lahtineawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- otsustamataawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- poolikbegun but not completed
Finnish avoin, ratkaisematon
- avoinawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- ratkaisematonawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- vireillä olevabegun but not completed
- tulossa olevaabout to happen; imminent or impending
French en suspens, en suspens
- en suspensawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- en suspensbegun but not completed
- en suspensabout to happen; imminent or impending
German anstehend, in Bearbeitung
- anstehendawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- in Bearbeitungbegun but not completed
- anhängigabout to happen; imminent or impending
- schwebendabout to happen; imminent or impending
Hindi विचाराधीन
- विचाराधीन (vicārādhīn)awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
Hungarian függőben lévő, folyamatban lévő
- függőben lévőawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- folyamatban lévőbegun but not completed
- rövidesen/hamarosan bekövetkezőabout to happen; imminent or impending
- -igwhile waiting; until
- amíg … nem/nincswhile waiting; until
Japanese 差し掛かった
- 差し掛かった (sashikakatta)about to happen; imminent or impending
Portuguese pendente
- pendenteawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
Russian ожида́ющий реше́ния, неоконченный
- ожида́ющий реше́ния (ožidájuščij rešénija)awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- неоконченный (neokončennyj)begun but not completed
- предстоя́щий (predstojáščij)about to happen; imminent or impending
- в ожида́нии (v ožidánii)while waiting; until
- впредь до (vpredʹ do)while waiting; until
Spanish pendiente, pendiente
- pendienteawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- pendientebegun but not completed
- en colabegun but not completed
Turkish beklemede, işlemde
- beklemedeawaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- işlemdebegun but not completed
- askıdaabout to happen; imminent or impending
- beklemedeabout to happen; imminent or impending
- eli kulağındaabout to happen; imminent or impending
- yakınabout to happen; imminent or impending
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pending
endingsendingspendingattendingdescendingascendingdefendingblendingoffendingimpendingintendingcondescendingunbendinguncomprehendingantispendingdetrendingnonendingunpretending
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APA
pending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pending
MLA
“pending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pending. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pending.
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