verb

1. To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

2. Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

3. To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

noun

1. Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

adjective

1. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

   “I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.”

Synonyms: imminent, in the offing, proximate