| baccalaureate |
a ceremony given for a class about to graduate from a school, or the address or sermon at such a ceremony. [1/2 definitions] |
| bride1 |
a woman who is newly married or is about to be married. |
| bridegroom |
a man who is newly married or is about to be married. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs, as an animal about to pounce or a human preparing to run in a race. [1/4 definitions] |
| directional signal |
any of the lights on a motor vehicle that flash to indicate that the vehicle is about to turn and to show the direction in which it will turn. Directional signals are located on both the front and rear of the vehicle and are activated by the driver; turn signal. |
| face cord |
a unit of volume used for fuel wood, equal to about to one third of a cord, or about forty cubic feet. |
| fore2 |
in golf, used as a warning to alert those who may be in the path of a golf ball that is about to be driven. |
| forthcoming |
about to appear or happen. [1/4 definitions] |
| gone |
dead or about to die. [1/9 definitions] |
| groom |
a man who is about to be or has just been married; bridegroom. [1/7 definitions] |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen very soon. |
| impend |
to be about to occur or appear. [1/2 definitions] |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. [1/2 definitions] |
| incoming |
about to arrive or having just arrived. [2/4 definitions] |
| in contrast |
used to indicate that there is a strong or noticable difference between the one thing that has just been discussed and the second thing that is about to be discussed (sometimes fol. by "to" or "with"). |
| in the wind |
likely or about to happen. |
| it |
used to indicate an animal, abstract thing, group, inanimate object, or being of undetermined gender that has been mentioned or is about to be mentioned. [2/6 definitions] |
| on |
happening or about to happen; scheduled. [1/19 definitions] |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. [1/2 definitions] |
| pendent |
awaiting action; about to happen; pending. [1/3 definitions] |
| pending |
about to happen; imminent. [1/4 definitions] |