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Princeton's WordNet

  1. approach, approachingnoun

    the event of one object coming closer to another

  2. approach, approaching, comingnoun

    the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

    "the approach of winter"

  3. approach, approaching, comingadjective

    the act of drawing spatially closer to something

    "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

  4. approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcomingadjective

    of the relatively near future

    "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"

Wiktionary

  1. approachingadverb

    Nearly.

  2. approachingadjective

    That approaches or approach.

    the approaching armies

Wikipedia

  1. Approaching

    Approaching is the fourth live album by contemporary classical chamber orchestra Symphony Number One. The album was released on November 3, 2017 and features the music of Nicholas Bentz, Martha Horst, and Hangrui Zhang. The majority of the disk is taken up by Nicholas Bentz’s work Approaching Eternity.

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  1. approaching

    Approaching refers to the act of moving closer or nearer to something or someone in terms of physical distance, time, or quality. It can also imply going towards or confronting a certain situation or subject in a particular manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Approaching

    of Approach

  2. Approachingnoun

    the act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Approaching in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Approaching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Approaching in a Sentence

  1. Brandon Bostian:

    Unfortunately, the last memory I have on the way back is approaching and passing the platforms in North Philadelphia, the next thing that I remember is when I came to my senses, I was standing up in the locomotive cab after the accident.

  2. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Bxatxard SBI Securities web trading platform has started hanging and jamming since 2:30 today as intraday closing time is approaching. As everyday almost by most brokers, disruption in service by them means market abruption on cards and thus looting their traders

  3. Lawrence Yun:

    Home sales fell moderately in May and are now approaching pre-pandemic activity, lack of inventory continues to be the overwhelming factor holding back home sales, but falling affordability is simply squeezing some first-time buyers out of the market.

  4. Cal Fire:

    Spotting, single and group tree torching all contributed to fire growth. Challenges to the control lines occurred in many divisions, as fuel conditions allowed for steady growth. wind gusts have reached 30 mph and relative humidity is still expected to drop with the approaching cold front.

  5. The NHC:

    The disturbance with the greatest chance for development in the next couple of days is the one approaching the Leeward Islands.

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