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  1. approach, approachingnoun

    the event of one object coming closer to another

    Antonyms:
    present(a), past

    Synonyms:
    approach, attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, overture, approach path, approach shot

  2. approach, approaching, comingnoun

    the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

    "the approach of winter"

    Antonyms:
    present(a), past

    Synonyms:
    climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack

  3. approach, approaching, comingadjective

    the act of drawing spatially closer to something

    "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

    Antonyms:
    past, present(a)

    Synonyms:
    climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack

  4. approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcomingadjective

    of the relatively near future

    "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"

    Antonyms:
    present(a), past

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  1. disinclined

    Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

How to use approaching in a sentence?

  1. Mohamed Hejazi:

    A ship was shelled about 10 miles from Derna coast. We have warned before about approaching Derna port, a member of the crew was killed, and there is one wounded.

  2. Patrice Cucinello:

    Disney is approaching streaming offerings, particularly Disney+, with guns blazing, looking to take share and quickly ramp subscriber growth.

  3. Lale Ulker:

    We are approaching this issue with extreme sensitivity and do not want see any harm to the site.

  4. Venus Williams:

    I think I'm just going to approach her like every other match I have been approaching. My routine has been working pretty well so that's how I'm going to go into the match, i like to look at prank videos on YouTube and listen to music. I love music that keeps me calm before matches, because obviously when you get out there there's a lot of nerves anyway. Yeah, I like to find my own space, put some relaxed music on.

  5. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

    The 19th day of our resistance is over. Historical war. Another difficult day, which is still approaching our victory. Approaching peace for Ukraine.

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