pending
preposition /ˈpen.dɪŋ/ formalDefinition
› used to say that one thing must wait until another thing happens: The identity of the four people was not made public, pending (the) notification of relatives. Flights were suspended pending (an) investigation of the crash.Until a particular moment
(Definition of pending preposition from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- before preposition, adverb, conjunction
- day noun
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- hitherto adverb
- in preposition (NO MORE THAN)
- inside preposition
- interim noun
- meantime noun
- meanwhile adverb
- now adverb (AT PRESENT)
- thus adverb
- till preposition, conjunction
- time noun (PERIOD)
- to date idiom
- to preposition (INFINITIVE)
- to preposition (UNTIL)
- until preposition, conjunction (TIME)
- up to preposition (UNTIL)
- wait till/until ... idiom
- yet adverb (UNTIL NOW)
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