pend
Remain in limbo
Pend means to await or remain undecided.
A case pends before a court, a decision pends approval.
The word is formal and relatively rare, appearing mainly in legal or bureaucratic contexts: The matter will pend until the committee reconvenes.
More common are its derivatives: pending, impending, dependent.
Delay to later time
- deferDelay or submit
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
- rescheduleAssign a different time
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
moratorium · hiatus · pause · holdover · recess · reprieve · respite · interlude
Stretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- indecisionFailure to decide
hesitation · ambiguity · doubt · unpredictable · undecided · questionable · indefinite · unsettled
Soon to occur
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- approachingComing toward something
- imminentAbout to occur
- anticipationState of awaiting something
expectation · prospect · preparation · readiness · outlook · prognosis · eventuality · inevitability
Not yet complete
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- undoneNot fastened or completed
- in progressCurrently being done
- ongoingIn progress now
unfulfilled · tentative · provisional · interim · outstanding · open · unsettled · in limbo
postpone
Delay to later time
- deferDelay or submit
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
- rescheduleAssign a different time
stall · moratorium · hiatus · pause · holdover · recess · reprieve · respite · interlude · breather
tension
Stretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
indecision · hesitation · ambiguity · doubt · unpredictable · undecided · questionable · indefinite · unsettled · hanging
upcoming
Soon to occur
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- approachingComing toward something
- imminentAbout to occur
anticipation · expectation · prospect · preparation · readiness · outlook · prognosis · eventuality · inevitability · looming
unfinished
Not yet complete
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- undoneNot fastened or completed
- in progressCurrently being done
ongoing · unfulfilled · tentative · provisional · interim · outstanding · open · unsettled · in limbo · on hold
- Latin Rootsact, cede, cent, cred, duct
- alleysalley, alleyway, back alley, backstreet, blind alley
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- Scottish ArchitectureEdinburgh Castle, Balmoral Castle, tower house, kirk, manse
- pending lawsuitUnresolved legal action
- patent pendingInvention protection sought, ungranted
- pendulum clockClock using oscillating weight
- pendulum swingWeighted pivot's periodic motion
- pendant lightsSuspended decorative light fixtures
- pending saleAwaiting completion of purchase
depend, independent, suspend, independence, dependent, pending, pendant, dependence, impending