approaching
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2.3
- adjective
- /əˈproʊtʃɪŋ/
- Mother's Day is rapidly approaching and we've all got them.
- approaching anniversary
- approaching night
- approaching footsteps
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- Also got a note that says with Halloween fast approaching, it's gone.
- It can happen as death approaches, approaching deaths.
Examples
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As the deadline for the project is approaching, the team is working late to ensure everything is ready.
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She heard his approaching steps, heard him linger at the door, and enter the kitchen.
Fiction book (2002) -
Real breaking news, man, Doctor King, we are fast approaching Black Friday.
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Also got a note that says with Halloween fast approaching, it's gone.
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I think like mindset matters as you're approaching this school year.
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She could hear the approaching footsteps of their father.
Fiction book (1993) -
It fed my own obsession with them, and with the approaching anniversary of the alien landing... and my birth.
Fiction book (2001) -
He let the driver do all the talking as he stared out the window at the deepening shadows of the approaching evening.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was almost mid-June, the steady, relentless, ripening, approaching summer, the sweat of the car mixing with the sweat of the road.
Fiction book (1993) -
She smoothed her bangs into her new bob haircut, sprung loose by the humidity of the approaching summer.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Expected to happen soon
307
1.4
About to happen
162
4.8
Likely to happen very soon
75
4.0
Going to happen very soon, usually something bad
52
4.2
Happening in the near future
45
3.2
About to happen
9
5.6
Likely to happen soon
1
4.1
Likely to happen very soon
Antonyms
How Near
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Approaching comes from old parts that mean 'to' (ad-) and 'near' (prope), like the word proximity. So as an adjective, approaching describes something that is 'near' in time and will happen soon.