'Pending' definitions:
Definition of 'pending'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Awaiting conclusion or confirmation; "business still pending"
Definition of 'Pending'
From: GCIDE
- Pend \Pend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pending.] [L. pendere.]
- 1. To hang; to depend. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Pending upon certain powerful motions. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pending'
From: GCIDE
- Pending \Pend"ing\, a. [L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendent.] Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspension; as, a pending suit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pending'
From: GCIDE
- Pending \Pend"ing\, prep.
- 1. During; as, pending the trail. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Until; awaiting; as, no decision will be taken pending his arrival. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'pending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- at issue,
- awaiting,
- beetle,
- beetle-browed,
- beetling,
- cascading,
- conditional,
- conditioned,
- contingent,
- dangling,
- dependent,
- depending,
- depending on,
- durante,
- during,
- falling,
- falling loosely,
- flowing,
- forthcoming,
- hanging,
- hung,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in abeyance,
- in question,
- in suspense,
- in the balance,
- in the offing,
- inconclusive,
- incumbent,
- jutting,
- lowering,
- open,
- over,
- overhanging,
- overhung,
- pendent,
- pendulant,
- pendular,
- penduline,
- pendulous,
- pensile,
- projecting,
- superincumbent,
- suspended,
- suspenseful,
- swinging,
- through,
- throughout,
- till,
- unconfirmed,
- uncounted,
- undecided,
- undetermined,
- unestablished,
- unfinished,
- unfixed,
- unsettled,
- until,
- untold,
- up for grabs,
- waiting for,
- weeping,
- while