verb🔗ShareMenacer, planerTo hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang."The dark storm clouds impended over the picnic, threatening to ruin our afternoon. "Les sombres nuages d'orage menaçaient le pique-nique, menaçant de gâcher notre après-midi.situationeventtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMenacer, planerFiguratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger."The threat of a layoff impended over the factory workers, making them anxious. "La menace d'une mise à pied planait sur les ouvriers de l'usine, les rendant anxieux.disasterfuturesituationeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMenacer de se produire, être sur le point d'arriverTo threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent."A storm impended over the school picnic, threatening to ruin the fun. "Un orage menaçait de s'abattre sur le pique-nique scolaire, menaçant de gâcher le plaisir.timefutureeventpossibilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePayerTo 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. " L'orage menaçait, alors nous nous sommes dépêchés de rentrer à la maison.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
