Approaching can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| approaching - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" | ||
Adverb |
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| approaching - Nearly. | ||
Verb |
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| approach - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" | ||
| approach - make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" | ||
| approach - come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" | ||
| approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" | ||
| approach - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" | ||
Noun |
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| approaching - 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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| 1. | adj. | The approaching election. | |
| 2. | verb | As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts. | |
| 3. | verb | If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life. | |
| 4. | verb | The approaching exam, they knew, would be quite easy. | |
| 5. | verb | The final exams are approaching. | |
| 6. | verb | I saw a figure approaching in the distance. | |
| 7. | verb | The dog kept me from approaching his house. | |
| 8. | verb | Christmas is fast approaching. | |
| 9. | verb | When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit." | |
| 10. | verb | The air feels cold this morning; winter is approaching. | |
| 11. | verb | Today's paper says that a big typhoon is approaching. | |
| 12. | verb | She was approaching thirty when I first met her. | |
| 13. | verb | Our ship was approaching the harbor. | |
| 14. | verb | I had a fancy that I could see him approaching. | |
| 15. | verb | The examination is approaching. | |
| 16. | verb | The newspaper said that a typhoon was approaching. | |
| 17. | noun | The hunter's approach scattered the geese. | |
| 18. | noun | He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green. | |
| 19. | noun | His approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons. | |
| 20. | noun | The approach of winter. | |
| 21. | noun | The nearest approach to genius. |
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| adj. | |
| The approaching election. |
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| verb | |
| As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts. | |
| If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life. | |
| The approaching exam, they knew, would be quite easy. | |
| The final exams are approaching. | |
| I saw a figure approaching in the distance. | |
| The dog kept me from approaching his house. | |
| Christmas is fast approaching. | |
| When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit." | |
| The air feels cold this morning; winter is approaching. | |
| Today's paper says that a big typhoon is approaching. | |
| She was approaching thirty when I first met her. | |
| Our ship was approaching the harbor. | |
| I had a fancy that I could see him approaching. | |
| The examination is approaching. | |
| The newspaper said that a typhoon was approaching. | |
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| The hunter's approach scattered the geese. |
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| He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green. |
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| His approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons. |
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| The approach of winter. |
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| The nearest approach to genius. |
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