verb Download 🔗Share To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. Examples : "The dark storm clouds impended over the picnic, threatening to ruin our afternoon. " situation event time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger. Examples : "The threat of a layoff impended over the factory workers, making them anxious. " disaster future situation event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. Examples : "A storm impended over the school picnic, threatening to ruin the fun. " time future event possibility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pay. Examples : "While "impended" sounds like it might mean "to pay," that is not its definition. "Impended" means "to be about to happen; to be imminent." Here's a correct example sentence: * The storm impended, so we hurried home. " finance business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading