pend Definition
pend (pend)
intransitive verb
- to await judgment or decision
- Dialectal to depend
Etymology: OFr pendre < L pendere, to weigh, hang: see pendant
pend Usage Examples
Object
- determination: The court served the interim ASBO pending the determination of the application for the full ASBO.
- receipt: Tickets will be held for 5 days pending receipt of payment.
- clarification: In the event the meeting was postponed pending clarification of the Council's budget cuts.
- outcome: Pending the outcome of the judicial review Hodge Jones & Allen have decided not to take on any new MMR cases.
- deportation: On 11 August the first ten extremists were seized pending deportation.
- investigation: A further three offenders arrested during the latter part of the year remain on bail pending further investigation.
Preposition: at
- time: However, some of the authorities concerned still had appointments pending at the time of our survey.
- date: I had no reason to disbelieve him when he said that the complaint was still pending at the date of the proof.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
due: The list will show all pending transactions due to take place on your account.
Adjective complement
further: A Land Rover, or similar vehicle, will be provided by sponsorship pending further costing of ongoing servicing and MOT arrangements.
Modifying Another Word
- still: Cases were still pending against some of them at the time of our visit.
- immediately: All additives under a toxicological cloud to be withdrawn immediately pending a complete review of their safety.
- currently: An ERDF application for £ 200,000 was also currently pending.
- no: If the force parameter is false, the object is only unexported if there are no pending or in progress calls to the object.
- now: An application for a linked Poster and Symposium session is now pending.
- also: The application has been withdrawn because of the local opposition it encountered, but also pending the current review of licensing policy.
Preposition: before
court: Publication of comment on and/or information about a defamation case pending before the courts may be deemed to constitute contempt of court.
Used with why or when
when: Proceedings were pending when the party was dissolved by party leaders in order to prevent loss of certain political rights in light of dissolution.
Preposition: from
summit: It is more related to issues pending from the summit and it should concenrate on active CS participation.
Preposition: for
month: Unconfirmed reports state that in one instance inspectors discovered over 80 referrals had been pending for months with no action taken.
Browse dictionary entries near pend
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