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Approaching

/əˈpɹəʊtʃɪŋ/

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

📖 Definitions of "Approaching"

verb

1
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
2
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
"as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman."
3
To come near to in place, time, character or value; to draw nearer to.
""Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge."
4
To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).

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adjective

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7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
approachnoun	(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
forthcomingnoun	Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.
futurenoun	The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
comingnoun	The act of arriving; an arrival.
upcomingnoun	Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
oncomingnoun	approaching; coming closer

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
oncomingnoun	approaching; coming closer
comingnoun	The act of arriving; an arrival.
forthcomingnoun	Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
upcomingnoun	Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
movingnoun	(not comparable) That moves or move.
futurenoun	The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
incomingnoun	Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.
nearverb	(ambitransitive) To come closer to; to approach.
closeverb	(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
impendingnoun	Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
reachingnoun	The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
almostnoun	Very close to, but not quite.
nearly	In close approximation; almost, virtually.
virtually	Almost but not quite.
handlingnoun	A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
addressverb	(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
turningnoun	The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
focusingnoun	The action or concentration of attention or energy on something.
resemblingnoun	The action of the verb to resemble.