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impendency

impendency noun: the state of impending.

Noun

impendency (countable and uncountable, plural impendencies)

  1. The state of impending.
  2. That which impends.
    • Impendence of volcanic cloud.1843–1860, John Ruskin, Modern Painters, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of impendency

pluralimpendencies
alternative formimpendence

Questions about impendency

What does impendency mean?
Impendency means the state of impending.
What part of speech is impendency?
Impendency is a noun.
What is the plural of impendency?
The plural of impendency is impendencies.

Words near impendency in the dictionary

  1. impen
  2. impend
  3. impended
  4. impendence
  5. impendencies
  6. impendency
  7. impendent
  8. impendeth
  9. impending
  10. impendingly
  11. impendings

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