approaching 音标拼音: [əpr'otʃɪŋ]
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approaching adj 1 :
of the relatively near future ; "
the approaching election "; "
this coming Thursday "; "
the forthcoming holidays "; "
the upcoming spring fashions " [
synonym :
{
approaching }, {
coming (
a )}, {
forthcoming }, {
upcoming }]
n 1 :
the event of one object coming closer to another [
synonym :
{
approach }, {
approaching }]
2 :
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time ; "
the approach of winter " [
synonym : {
approach }, {
approaching },
{
coming }]
3 :
the act of drawing spatially closer to something ; "
the hunter '
s approach scattered the geese " [
synonym : {
approach },
{
approaching }, {
coming }]
Approach \
Ap *
proach "\,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Approached };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Approaching }.] [
OE .
approchen ,
aprochen ,
OF .
approcher ,
LL .
appropriare ,
fr .
L .
ad propiare to draw near ,
prope near .]
1 .
To come or go near ,
in place or time ;
to draw nigh ;
to advance nearer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city ? --
2 Sam .
xi .
20 .
[
1913 Webster ]
But exhorting one another ;
and so much the more ,
as ye see the day approaching . --
Heb .
x .
25 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To draw near ,
in a figurative sense ;
to make advances ;
to approximate ;
as ,
he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman .
[
1913 Webster ]
Approaching \
Ap *
proach "
ing \,
n . (
Hort .)
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
approaching ":
about to be ,
advancing ,
already in sight ,
approximate ,
approximating ,
approximative ,
arm -
in -
arm ,
arriving ,
asymptotic ,
at hand ,
attracted to ,
brewing ,
burning ,
centripetal ,
centrolineal ,
cheek -
by -
jowl ,
close ,
close at hand ,
coming ,
concurrent ,
confluent ,
confocal ,
connivent ,
converging ,
desired ,
destinal ,
destined ,
determined ,
drawn to ,
emergent ,
entering ,
eventual ,
extrapolated ,
fatal ,
fated ,
fatidic ,
focal ,
forthcoming ,
future ,
futuristic ,
gathering ,
going to happen ,
hand -
in -
hand ,
hereafter ,
homeward ,
homeward -
bound ,
hoped -
for ,
hot ,
immediate ,
imminent ,
impendent ,
impending ,
in danger imminent ,
in prospect ,
in reserve ,
in store ,
in the cards ,
in the offing ,
in the wind ,
in view ,
inbound ,
incoming ,
instant ,
intimate ,
inward -
bound ,
later ,
looming ,
lowering ,
lurking ,
meeting ,
menacing ,
mutually approaching ,
near ,
near at hand ,
near the mark ,
nearing ,
nearish ,
nigh ,
nighish ,
on the horizon ,
oncoming ,
overhanging ,
planned ,
plotted ,
predicted ,
preparing ,
probable ,
projected ,
prophesied ,
propinque ,
prospective ,
proximal ,
proximate ,
radial ,
radiating ,
side -
by -
side ,
tangent ,
tangential ,
that will be ,
threatening ,
to come ,
to -
be ,
ultimate ,
uniting ,
upcoming ,
vicinal ,
waiting ,
warm
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