Meaning & use
pending your approval
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
Waiting for your approval before proceeding or being finalized.
Grammar: Used as an adverbial phrase, often after a noun or at the end of a clause.
Patterns
- something is pending your approval
- pending your approval, someone will do something
The proposal is pending your approval.
Pending your approval, we will start the project next week.
The contract remains pending your approval.
Common combinations
- be pending your approval
- The request is pending your approval.
- remain pending your approval
- The application remains pending your approval.
- pending your approval, we will proceed
- Pending your approval, we will proceed with the plan.
Synonyms and how they differ
- awaiting your approval
- Similar meaning, but 'awaiting' is more formal and often used in written English.
- subject to your approval
- Means the same but emphasizes that the action depends on approval.
Commonly confused: pending your approval or depending on your approval?
pending your approval vs depending on your approval
This phrase means the outcome changes based on approval, while 'pending your approval' means it is waiting for approval.
Practice
Which sentence correctly uses 'pending your approval'?
Choose one answer.
'Pending' is followed directly by the noun phrase without a preposition. Options 1, 2, and 3 add unnecessary prepositions.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “pending your approval”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.