pending
If something is supposed to happen but hasn’t happened yet, it is pending, like the pending snowstorm that has everyone scrambling to the store for bread and milk.
The word pending comes from the French pendant, meaning “hanging.” If someone leaves you hanging, you are waiting for a call, a message, a visit — whatever the thing is that's supposed to happen. Pending is a good word to use when something has to happen before something else — like if you are learning to drive, maybe you'll have a car of your own soon, pending your success at passing the test.
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awaiting conclusion or confirmation“business still pending”
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Synonyms:
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unfinished
not brought to an end or conclusion
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unfinished
Vocabulary lists containing pending
Tracy, a seventeen-year-old living in Texas, tries to prove that her father and brother are innocent of the crimes of which they've been accused.
This nonfiction account of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery is richly illustrated with archival photographs.
Emilia must deal with upheaval in her family and her growing awareness of prejudice in her community.
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