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pend (pend)

intransitive verb

  1. to await judgment or decision
  2. 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  • immediately: All additives under a toxicological cloud to be withdrawn immediately pending a complete review of their safety.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  • also: The application has been withdrawn because of the local opposition it encountered, but also pending the current review of licensing policy.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.