preposition, adjective
preposition (formal) while waiting for sth to happen; until sth happens:
He was released on bail pending further inquiries.
adjective (formal)
1 [notbeforenoun] waiting to be decided or settled:
Nine cases are still pending. * a pending file / tray (= where you put letters, etc. you are going to deal with soon)
2 going to happen soon:
An election is pending in Italy. * his pending departure
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pending is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does pending appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — pending appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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