The big promotion of that company's stock was just a cover-up to hide their impending bankruptcy.
Source: tatoeba (49127)
Impending
//ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ//
Synonyms for "impending" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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27 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- предстоящ adj (about to happen)
Catalan
1 entries- imminent adj (about to happen)
Czech
1 entries- blížící se adj (about to happen)
Dutch
1 entries- nakend adj (about to happen)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭstaranta adj (about to happen)
French
1 entries- imminent adj (about to happen)
Galician
1 entries- inminente adj (about to happen)
German
1 entries- bevorstehend adj (about to happen)
Māori
2 entries- raraka adj (about to happen)
- whano adj (about to happen)
Persian
1 entries- قریبالوقوع adj (about to happen)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dreiwent adj (about to happen)
Portuguese
1 entries- iminente adj (about to happen)
Russian
3 entries- надвига́ющийся adj (about to happen)
- предстоя́щий adj (about to happen)
- приближа́ющийся adj (about to happen)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भविष्य adj (about to happen)
Spanish
3 entries- impendedor adj (about to happen)
- impendiente adj (about to happen)
- inminente adj (about to happen)
Swedish
3 entries- förestående adj (about to happen)
- hotande adj (about to happen)
- kommande adj (about to happen)
Ukrainian
3 entries- навислий adj (about to happen)
- той, що наближається adj (about to happen)
- той, що насувається adj (about to happen)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַלדיק adj (about to happen)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I was keyed up over her impending operation.
Source: tatoeba (261245)
The impending examination loomed large in her mind.
Source: tatoeba (323818)
This is one of the signs of weakness and the impending doom of imperialism.
Source: tatoeba (2838664)
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