verb🔗ShareTo hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang."The dark storm clouds impended over the picnic, threatening to ruin our afternoon. "situationeventtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFiguratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger."The threat of a layoff impended over the factory workers, making them anxious. "disasterfuturesituationeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent."A storm impended over the school picnic, threatening to ruin the fun. "timefutureeventpossibilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pay."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. " financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
