[
US
/əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɐpɹˈəʊtʃɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɐpɹˈəʊtʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
the approach of winter -
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
the hunter's approach scattered the geese - the event of one object coming closer to another
ADJECTIVE
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of the relatively near future
the upcoming spring fashions
the approaching election
the forthcoming holidays
this coming Thursday
How To Use approaching In A Sentence
- And approaching that very machine, his last pound coin clutched in his fist, was Felix Henderson McMurdo.
- I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
- Last April I wrote a column that suggested it was unwise to try to load the .45 Colt to levels approaching the .44 Magnum.
- Sitting at his toll booth one day, the publican saw Jesus approaching.
- The main problem with this method is that by invalidating certain moves, a valid path approaching the tile from a different direction can be left unfound .
- This class may be made to print much more rapidly than our ordinary silver printing process, approaching sometimes more nearly to the calotype development in this respect. Photographic Reproduction Processes
- A rather odd thing has just just occurred in the life of nerdy high school student Peter Parker; after being bitten by a radioactive spider, his body chemistry is mutagenically altered in that he can scale walls and ceilings, and he develops a "spider-sense" that warns him of approaching danger. Listal promoted
- Tayrah took a deep breath and smothered the anger she felt approaching and then quickly changed the subject.
- The golden week of National Day is approaching.
- It's approaching the top of the hour and the polls will be closing in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. None of the news organizations did what we call the exit polling in Washington, D.C. As a result, we're not going to be able to project a winner based on anything other than guesswork right now. CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2008