pending

Adjective Satellite

• awaiting conclusion or confirmation
  • "business still pending"

Verb

• present participle and gerund of pend

Adj

• Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
• Begun but not completed.
• About to happen; imminent or impending.

Prep

• While waiting for something; until.
• During.

Examples

• Pending the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.
• Pending the outcome of the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.

Synonyms

impendent, impending, in the offing, proximate

Related Words

dependent, depending, impending, pendant, pendulous

Anagrams of pending