approaching

1. 1.

   the event of one object coming closer to another

   Synonymsapproach

   Broadermovement
2. 2.

   the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

   “the approach of winter”

   Synonymsapproachcoming

   Broadertiming
3. 3.

   the act of drawing spatially closer to something

   “the hunter's approach scattered the geese”

   Synonymsapproachcoming

   Broadermotion

   Narroweraccessclosinglanding approachrun-up

1. 1.

   of the relatively near future

   “the approaching election”

   “this coming Thursday”

   “the forthcoming holidays”

   “the upcoming spring fashions”

   Synonymscomingforthcomingupcoming

   Similarfuture

Other forms of approaching

plural

approachings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about approaching

What does approaching mean?

approaching means "the event of one object coming closer to another". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in approaching?

approaching has 3 syllables: ap-proa-ching. The stress falls on "proa". In IPA it is /əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for approaching?

Close synonyms include approach, approach, coming, approach, coming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is approaching a common word?

approaching is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.