Pending

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  • adjective. Not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation.
  • adjective. Impending; imminent.
  • preposition. While in the process of; during.
  • preposition. While awaiting; until.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Depending; remaining undecided; not terminated: as, a pending suit; while the case was pending.
  • For the time of the continuance of; during; in the period covered by: as, pending the suit; pending the negotiation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspension.
  • preposition. During.
  • preposition. Until; awaiting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of pend.
  • adjective. awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
  • adjective. begun but not completed
  • adjective. about to happen; imminent or impending
  • preposition. While waiting for something; until.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. awaiting conclusion or confirmation
  • Word Usage
    "The hospital withheld her name pending notification of family members."
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    pend