verb
- Be imminent or about to happen.
- usage: "Changes are impending"
- synonyms: impend
adjective
- Close in time; about to occur.
- usage: "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
- synonyms: at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent
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