approaching
noun
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Pronunciation: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ / /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing.
- That approaches or approach.
“the approaching armies”
adv
Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing.
- Nearly.
“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
Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing.
- The act of coming closer; an approach.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of approach
“The army was approaching from the north.”