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ap·proach·ing

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  1. approach, approachingnoun

    the event of one object coming closer to another

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

    Antonyms:
    present(a), past

  2. approach, approaching, comingnoun

    the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

    "the approach of winter"

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

    Antonyms:
    present(a), past

  3. approach, approaching, comingadjective

    the act of drawing spatially closer to something

    "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

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

    Antonyms:
    past, present(a)

  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. List of paraphrases for "approaching":

    nearing, approach, nears

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How to use approaching in a sentence?

  1. Yasushi Kaneko:

    We take the situation seriously, as emergency calls such as fire and emergency services to protect the lives and property have been hindered at a time when the risk of the pandemic and heat stroke is increasing and a typhoon is approaching.

  2. Paula Reed:

    We want to give the Trump administration every opportunity to come up with something, to work something out with the Russian authorities before the end of President Trump term, but President Trump term's approaching pretty quickly.

  3. Fernando Simon:

    Health Alerts and Emergencies are approaching the period in which perhaps, if Health Alerts and Emergencies are lucky, Health Alerts and Emergencies will turn the curve, stabilize and it'll start to go down, the models indicate that we are not very far away, but relaxing the measures prematurely would mean starting again and we have to be very careful.

  4. Bill Bunting:

    We are concerned about strong tornadoes and widespread damaging winds, we’ve been trying to stress, don’t wait until you see visual cues of the storm approaching, take action when warnings are issued.

  5. Lale Ulker:

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


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