pending Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite awaiting conclusion or confirmation
    • business still pending

WordNet

Pend"ing adjective
Etymology
L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendent.
Definitions
  1. Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.
Pend"ing preposition
Definitions
  1. During; as, pending the trail.

Webster 1913