Overview of noun approaching

The noun approaching has 3 senses

• approach, approaching -- (the event of one object coming closer to another)


• approach, approaching, coming -- (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter")


• approach, approaching, coming -- (the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese")

Overview of verb approach

The verb approach has 5 senses

• approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near -- (move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer")


• border on, approach -- (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz")


• set about, go about, approach -- (begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project")


• approach, come near -- (come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age")


• 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")

Overview of adj approaching

The adj approaching has 1 sense

• approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions")