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Synonyms for impending

The synonym for impending recorded in this bank is imminent, in the sense "about to happen soon". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for impending

imminentadjective, in the sense "about to happen soon"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day impending is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineTime

about to happen soon

Employees sensed an impending merger long before it was announced.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

imminent

Same sentence, swapped: Employees sensed an imminent merger long before it was announced.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for impending in the sentence quoted.

sudden
major
hostile

Where impending turns up in the game

impending is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play impending

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so impending reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other time words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ebbverbwaneto gradually decrease or fade over timeTreelineHas a reason line elapseverbpass(of time) to pass byTreelineHas a reason line epochnouneraa distinct, often significant period of time, especially one marking a new developmentTreelineHas a reason line flashnouninstanta very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)TreelineHas a reason line deferverbpostponeto put off an action until a later timeFoothillsHas a reason line delaynounwaittime during which some action is awaitedTreelineHas a reason line distancenounspacethe interval between two timesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line wishingnounwanta specific feeling of desireTreeline

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. impending carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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