About The Word Approaching
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Approaching
| Approaching Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Approaching?
[n] the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
[n] the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [n] the event of one object coming closer to another [adj] moving toward one [adj] of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Approaching: approach | approach | approach | coming | coming | coming(a) | forthcoming | future | moving | oncoming | upcoming Related Terms | Find terms related to Approaching: about to be | advancing | already in sight | approximate | approximating | approximative | arm-in-arm | arriving | asymptotic | at hand | attracted to | brewing | burning | centripetal | centrolineal | cheek-by-jowl | close | close at hand | coming | concurrent | confluent | confocal | connivent | converging | desired | destinal | destined | determined | drawn to | emergent | entering | eventual | extrapolated | fatal | fated | fatidic | focal | forthcoming | future | futuristic | gathering | going to happen | hand-in-hand | hereafter | homeward | homeward-bound | hoped-for | hot | immediate | imminent | impendent | impending | in danger imminent | in prospect | in reserve | in store | in the cards | in the offing | in the wind | in view | inbound | incoming | instant | intimate | inward-bound | later | looming | lowering | lurking | meeting | menacing | mutually approaching | near | near at hand | near the mark | nearing | nearish | nigh | nighish | on the horizon | oncoming | overhanging | planned | plotted | predicted | preparing | probable | projected | prophesied | propinque | prospective | proximal | proximate | radial | radiating | side-by-side | tangent | tangential | that will be | threatening | to come | to-be | ultimate | uniting | upcoming | vicinal | waiting | warm See Also | access | closing | closure | landing approach | motion | motion | move | movement | movement | run-up | timing Approaching In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*proach"ing\, n. (Hort.)
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into
another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
also, inarching and grafting by approach.
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