What does approaching mean?
Approaching means That approaches or approach..
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/əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ · adjective
That approaches or approach..
the approaching armies
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?
The army was approaching from the north.
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.
Use approaching when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Approaching means That approaches or approach..
Common synonyms include approach, forthcoming, moving, future.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the approaching armies
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