| approaching | | |
| n. (event) | 1. approach, approaching | the event of one object coming closer to another. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. approach, approaching, coming | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time.; "the approach of winter" |
| ~ timing | the time when something happens. |
| n. (act) | 3. approach, approaching, coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ access | the act of approaching or entering.; "he gained access to the building" |
| ~ closure, closing | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap.; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" |
| ~ landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane. |
| ~ run-up | the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed. |
| adj. | 4. approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming | of the relatively near future.; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" |
| ~ future | yet to be or coming.; "some future historian will evaluate him" |
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