pending

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈpɛndɪŋ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈpɛndɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Awaiting decision, settlement, or completion; not yet resolved or finalized.; About to happen; imminent.
  2. preposition
    During the time of; until something happens or is completed.; While awaiting; until the occurrence or completion of.
  3. verb
    Present participle of 'pend'; to be undecided or unresolved.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

pending approvalpending further noticepending investigationpending decisioncase pendingpending review

Derivatives

pendimpendingsuspenddepend

Synonyms

awaitingundecidedunsettledimminentforthcomingin the balance

Antonyms

decidedsettledresolved

Commonly confused

impending
EN: 'Impending' means about to happen (often something threatening), while 'pending' means awaiting a decision or action.
suspend
EN: 'Suspend' means to temporarily stop or hang; 'pending' means awaiting resolution.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note that 'pending' functions as both an adjective ('a pending case') and a preposition ('pending further review'), which can cause confusion about its grammatical role in a sentence.

💬 Examples

  1. The case is still pending before the court.

  2. They prepared for the pending storm.

  3. He was suspended pending an investigation.

  4. The defendant was released on bail pending trial.

  5. The matter has been pending for several months.