1
[ adjective ] awaiting conclusion or confirmation

Examples

"business still pending"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Statements by other legislators that Dallas is paying for all its water_program by local bonds , and that less populous places would benefit most by the pending bill , did not sway Cotten 's attack .

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

The glorious news had been held_up pending Heavenly confirmation of the elevation of a new Supreme_Bishop , Huey_Short - a candidate accepted by the Boone faction after lots had been cast repeatedly .

Related terms

unfinished

2
[ pronoun ] preposition

Synonyms

until till unto

Examples

"We'll arrange something pending a final settlement." "Unto this day I never heard of him."

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Rhymes with

spending impending expending ending tending bending rending vending sending lending mending unbending attending pretending contending blending pounding expanding condescending descending offending unending defending ascending expounding corresponding compounding banding bedding upstanding spreading pudding standing funding padding wedding redding reading notwithstanding misunderstanding outstanding understanding bonding bounding landing binding shedding heading spellbinding nodding longstanding freestanding branding sounding rounding wounding finding winding founding wading wording rescinding lading raiding fading sledding welding shading commanding blinding herding demanding grounding astounding grinding abounding pervading beheading ding prodding plodding pleading speeding confounding surrounding resounding unwinding braiding trading grading dowding impeding invading budding bidding exploding degrading railroading blockading featherbedding marauding siding coding ceding seeding loading leading riding guiding goading reading voiding feeding building gilding flooding forwarding chiding hiding skateboarding shipbuilding overriding sliding encoding crowding confiding conceding yielding coinciding clouding moulding breeding brooding molding bleeding boarding wilding guarding golding balding gliding rebuilding forbidding unloading fielding folding shrouding shielding shareholding landholding stockholding holding hoarding harding eluding eroding scalding scolding abiding exceeding discarding disregarding dividing preceding proceeding deciding concluding decoding protruding misleading misreading beholding scaffolding awarding according including intruding succeeding unfolding withholding inbreeding rewarding recording regarding subsiding foreboding providing receding unyielding backsliding

Phonetic and Homophones

P EH1 N D IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

pendent pendant

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