Pending

/ˈpɛndɪŋ/

Synonyms for "pending" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Adjective(7 words)
abeyantawaitingbackloggedblank filedeferred problemdraft ordinanceeventual
Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (42)

Noun(6 words)
future workholdingholdoverhoveringmore provisionalon hold
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
impendingin the offing
Adjective(6 words)
in progressin queueongoingoutstandingoutstanding achievementpreliminary

Related words (70)

Noun(7 words)
provisional governmentremaining piecestbaunapproved planunexplained phenomenonunidentified statuswaiting
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(33 words)
remainingsub judicesubject to reviewsuspensiveunansweredunassessedunassignedunassigned taskuncataloguedunclearedundecidedundefined notationunder considerationundetermined in courtundetermined statusunexecuted contractunexecuted pathunfinalizedunidentified objectunmade decisions
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unprocessedunquantified massunreachedunresolvedunresolved conflictunresolved disputeunresolved in lawunspecified depthunspecified lawunsubmitted workunverifiedunverified beliefsupcoming days
Determiner(1 words)
some remain
Preposition(1 words)
under review

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries
conditionlegal statusprocedural stateprocess statestatestatusworkflow status

More specific

12 entries
pending appealpending approvalpending authorizationpending casepending clearancepending decisionpending examinationpending licensepending litigationpending motionpending paymentpending review

Collocations

6 entries
pending approvalpending decisionpending licensepending litigationpending paymentspending review

Inflections

2 entries
more pendingmost pending

Derivations

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We postponed our picnic pending a change in the weather.

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The debate on spending is pending.

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Some of the seams of the dress were held together only loosely by basting stitches, pending the final fitting.

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Funeral arrangements are pending.

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