According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
IMPENDING
Etymology
Adjective
impending (not comparable)
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
Synonyms
• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also impending
Verb
impending
present participle of impend
Noun
impending (plural impendings)
Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pend"ing, a.
Definition: Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending brow. Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.
Syn.
– Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
IMPEND
Im*pend", v. t. Etym: [L. impend; pref. im- in + pend to weigh out, pay.]
Definition: To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.] Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.]
Definition: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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