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approaching en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, approach + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That approaches or approach.
   • the approaching armies

Translations (13)

es acercador (that approaches or approach) · eo aliranta (that approaches or approach) · es acercante (that approaches or approach) · it avvicinamento (that approaches or approach) · fi lähestyvä (that approaches or approach) · mhr лишыл (that approaches or approach) · sq afrohet (that approaches or approach) · pt aproximador (that approaches or approach) · es apropincuante (that approaches or approach) · pt aproximante (that approaches or approach) · nah ullaçic (that approaches or approach) · es aproximante (that approaches or approach) · es aproximador (that approaches or approach)

approaching en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, approach + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Nearly.
   • The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power? 2011 March 16, “There's more to fear from nature than nuclear power”, in Opinion, New Scientist:

Translations (1)

fi lähes (nearly)

approaching en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, approach + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act of coming closer; an approach.
   • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move. 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology, page 168:

Forms

Translations (11)

de Annäherung (act of coming closer — see also approach) · hu közelgés (act of coming closer — see also approach) · uk набли́ження (act of coming closer — see also approach) · be набліжэ́нне (act of coming closer — see also approach) · he להתקרב (act of coming closer — see also approach) · hu közeledés (act of coming closer — see also approach) · fr approche (act of coming closer — see also approach) · ru приближе́ние (act of coming closer — see also approach) · fi lähestyminen (act of coming closer — see also approach) · sq afrim (act of coming closer — see also approach) · be прыбліжэ́нне (act of coming closer — see also approach)

approaching en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, approach + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of approach
   form of approach
   • The army was approaching from the north.