Future vs. Impending — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Future and Impending
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Future
The future is the time after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics.
Impending
To be about to occur
Her retirement is impending.
Future
The indefinite time yet to come
Will try to do better in the future.
Impending
To threaten to happen; menace
Discouraged by the trouble that impended.
Future
Something that will happen in time to come
"The future comes apace" (Shakespeare).
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Impending
(Archaic) To jut out; hang suspended.
Future
A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development
A business with no future.
Impending
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.
Future
Often futures A financial instrument that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a specified date in the future
A market for copper futures.
Impending
Present participle of impend
The hurricane is impending.
Future
The form of a verb used in speaking of action that has not yet occurred or of states not yet in existence.
Impending
Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
Future
A verb form in the future tense.
Impending
Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
An impending brow.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall.
Future
That is to be or to come; of or existing in later time.
Impending
Close in time; about to occur;
Retribution is at hand
Some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand
In imminent danger
His impending retirement
Future
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Future
Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
Future
Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
There is no future in dwelling on the past.
Future
The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
Future
(grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
Future
(finance) futures
Future
An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
Future
(sports) A minor-league prospect.
Future
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
Future
That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.
Future
Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come.
Future
The possibilities of the future; - used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
Future
A future tense.
Future
The time yet to come
Future
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
Future
Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
Future
Yet to be or coming;
Some future historian will evaluate him
The present leader
Articles for present use
The present topic
The present system
Present observations
Future
Effective in or looking toward the future;
He was preparing for future employment opportunities
Future
Coming at a subsequent time or stage;
The future president entered college at the age of 16
Awaiting future actions on the bill
Later developments
Without ulterior argument
Future
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving;
Our next president
Future
A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened;
Future auxiliary
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