approaching — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. That approaches or approach.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   the approaching armies

Adverb

1. Nearly.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power?

Noun

1. The act of coming closer; an approach.

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   But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

Adjective

1. of the relatively near future

   Synonyms

   comingforthcomingupcoming

   Examples

   the approaching election

   this coming Thursday

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   the forthcoming holidays

   the upcoming spring fashions

Noun

1. the event of one object coming closer to another

   Synonyms

   approach

   Broader terms

   movementmotion

2. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

   Synonyms

   approachcoming

   Broader terms

   timing

   Examples

   the approach of winter

3. the act of drawing spatially closer to something

   Synonyms

   approachcoming

   Broader terms

   motionmovementmove

   Examples

   the hunter's approach scattered the geese