adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an impending disaster (= one that is going to happen soon )
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She had a sense of impending disaster.
imminent/impending extinction (= likely to happen soon )
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The ban on hunting was introduced to stop the imminent extinction of some big game animals.
impending doom (= likely to happen soon )
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With a terrible sense of impending doom, he opened the door and went in.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
change
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The impending changes arise from a worldwide desire to streamline and standardize international trading procedures.
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Further impending changes in government legislation may make the pressure experienced during the social security changes seem almost normal.
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His absences, and an impending change , forced her to face her own feelings.
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Rumours about impending changes will occur anyway, and staff not fully informed are likely to fear the worst.
danger
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It lasted about a minute before fading and they both sensed a feeling of impending danger .
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It was this radar-like scanning of the night around him, which warned him of a new impending danger .
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Fear is an emotional state of mind, caused by a sense of impending danger or pain.
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Capability is not a feeling you get, and you rather feel, even from the beginning, an impending danger .
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He realised the impending danger and looked up the road where he saw a Morris Minor coming down the hill.
death
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Both catch the film's elegiac mood, bathed in southern sunshine but overhung with impending death .
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The news of his impending death had badly ruffled his composure.
disaster
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Nothing, she told herself, could be worse than this uncertainty, this sense of impending disaster .
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Earlier on, they had sensed impending disaster .
doom
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And my pounding heart served to give me a feeling of impending doom .
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Thomas looked over the marshlands which showed no sign of impending doom .
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He has already received warnings of his own impending doom so is lost in his own thoughts, fears and anxieties.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Extra troops were usually a sign of an impending attack.
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She met with her husband to discuss their impending divorce.
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warnings of an impending ecological disaster
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We were sorry to hear about Arlene's impending divorce.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An index with cards for species brought order to impending chaos.
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Further impending changes in government legislation may make the pressure experienced during the social security changes seem almost normal.
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Her independence was further underlined by an impending marriage, news of which she now shared with Taheb.
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Nothing, she told herself, could be worse than this uncertainty, this sense of impending disaster.
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The first the trainer knew of the impending purchase was when a fax from Minton was found in his office last Wednesday.
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This tendency to associate - designed to warn us of impending danger-can in fact work against us.
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When they want to see fees generally jacked up, we get talk of impending evictions.