approaching adj : of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming]

1 the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approach]

2 the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: approach, coming]

3 the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, coming]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -əʊtʃɪŋ

Adjective

1. That approaches or approach.

   the approaching armies

Translations

Verb

approaching

1. present participle of approach

   The army was approaching from the north.

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