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pending Definition


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pending
adj
    1. Remaining undecided; waiting to be decided or dealt with.
      Thesaurus: impending, imminent, forthcoming, awaiting, on the back burner, unfinished, unsettled, undecided, hanging fire.
    2. Said of a patent: about to come into effect.
prep
    1. Until; awaiting; during.
      Example: held in prison pending trial
Etymology: 17c: from Latin pendere to hang.



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