PENDING

pending

(adjective) awaiting conclusion or confirmation; “business still pending”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pending

present participle of pend

Adjective

pending (comparative more pending, superlative most pending)

Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.

Begun but not completed.

About to happen; imminent or impending.

Synonyms

• (about to happen): impendent, in the offing, proximate; see also impending

Preposition

pending

While waiting for something; until.

During.

Source: Wiktionary


Pend"ing, a. Etym: [L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendent.]

Definition: Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

Pend"ing, prep.

Definition: During; as, pending the trail.

PEND

Pend, n.

Definition: Oil cake; penock. [India]

Pend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pending.] Etym: [L. pendere.]

1. To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor.

2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

Pend, v. t. Etym: [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.]

Definition: To pen; to confine. [R.] ended within the limits . . . of Greece. Udall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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