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approachingadjective being soon to appear or take placethe approaching holiday has everyone in a state of excitement coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, nearing, oncoming, pending, proximate, upcoming futureanticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted at hand, on hand, on tap, to come late, recent bygone, erstwhile, foregone, former, old, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilom approachingverbpresent participle of approachto come near or nearerthe parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing! bellying up, closing, closing in, coming up, drawing on, nearing, nighing arriving, attaining, coming, gaining, hitting, landing, making, reaching, showing up, turning up, waltzing (up)creeping up, sneaking upadjoining, bordering, touching, verging backing (up or away), receding, retiring, retreating, withdrawing clearing out, departing, exiting, going, leaving, lighting out, pulling out, quitting, removing, running away, shoving (off), taking off, walking out to move closer toapproach the bull with caution advancing, coming, nearing, nighing dropping in, entering, popping (in) going, receding (from), retreating, withdrawing departing, exiting, leaving to come near or nearer to in character or qualityhis store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it approximating, comparing (with), measuring up (to), stacking up (against or with) adding up (to), amounting (to), coming (to)duplicating, equaling(or equalling), matchingmirroring, paralleling, reflectingbordering (on), touching (on), verging (on) holding a candle to |