1. (noun)approach, approaching, coming the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
2. (noun)advent, coming arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
"the advent of the computer"
3. (noun)approach, approaching, coming the temporalproperty of becoming nearer in time "the approach of winter"
4. (noun)orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
5. (adj)approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming of the relatively near future "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"