Definitions for pending

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pending pend·ing

Spelling: [pen-ding]

IPA: /ˈpɛn dɪŋ/

Pending is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in pending (deginnp).

Definitions for pending

adjective

1. remaining undecided; awaiting decision or settlement; unfinished:
2. about to take place; impending.

preposition

1. while awaiting; until:
2. in the period before the decision or conclusion of; during:

verb (used without object)

1. to remain undecided or unsettled.
2. to hang.
3. Obsolete. to depend.

Origin of pending

1635-45; pend + -ing², on the model of French pendant (see pendent)

Examples for pending

The best plan would be to leave it there, pending a favourable moment.

Shall we pray for a second Joshua, arresting the sun, pending deliberation?

Shuai was locked up in jail, pending trial, for over a year until she was released in a plea deal.

The crisis was pending, and sooner than we expected it came.

The decision was stayed however, pending Supreme Court review.

His punishment: Suspension from all team activities indefinitely, pending a criminal investigation of the charges.

In August, the Obama administration intervened to stop what it called a pending genocide of Yazidi minorities in Iraq.

Except, Nomadness currently has 3,000 pending membership requests.

"Of course I'm there," she said; then pending another inspiration she was silent.

I glanced at Joyce, and she at me, then both of us at pending.