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approaching definition
approaching |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb approach 4 of 5 senses of approach Sense 1 approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near => drive up => bear down on bear down upon => edge in edge up => close => push crowd Sense 2 border on approach => converge Sense 3 set about go about approach => confront, face up face Sense 4 approach, come near => get on Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb approach 4 of 5 senses of approach Sense 1 approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near => drive up => bear down on bear down upon => edge in edge up => close => push crowd Sense 2 border on approach => converge Sense 3 set about go about approach => confront, face up face => undertake, tackle, take on Sense 4 approach, come near => get on Entailment of verb approach 1 of 5 senses of approach Sense 1 approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near => advance, progress, pass on move on march on go on Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb approach 5 senses of approach Sense 1 approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near => come come up Sense 2 border on approach => approximate, come close Sense 3 set about go about approach => act move Sense 4 approach, come near => come come up Sense 5 approach => address, accost, come up to Familiarity of verb approach approach used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb approach Sense 1 approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near => come come up Sense 4 approach, come near => come come up -------------- Sense 2 border on approach => approximate, come close -------------- Sense 3 set about go about approach => act move -------------- Sense 5 approach => address, accost, come up to -------------- Grep of noun approaching approaching Overview of noun approaching The noun approaching has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. approach, approaching -- (the event of one object coming closer to another) 2. approach, approaching, coming -- (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter") 3. approach, approaching, coming -- (the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter's approach scattered the geese") Overview of verb approach The verb approach has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (46) approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near -- (move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer") 2. (10) border on approach -- (come near or verge on resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches tht of Horowitz") 3. (6) set about go about approach -- (begin to deal with "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project") 4. (6) approach, come near -- (metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age") 5. (6) approach -- (make advances to someone usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters") Overview of adj approaching The adj approaching has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) approaching, oncoming -- (moving toward one) 2. approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions") Antonyms of adj approaching 2 senses of approaching Sense 1 approaching, oncoming INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> nonmoving, unmoving Sense 2 approaching, coming(postnominal), forthcoming, upcoming INDIRECT (VIA present, future) -> past INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present Similarity of adj approaching 2 senses of approaching Sense 1 approaching, oncoming => moving (vs. nonmoving) Sense 2 approaching, coming(postnominal), forthcoming, upcoming => future (vs. past) (vs. present) Attributes of adj approaching Familiarity of adj approaching approaching used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj approaching approaching Overview of noun approaching The noun approaching has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. approach, approaching -- (the event of one object coming closer to another) 2. approach, approaching, coming -- (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter") 3. approach, approaching, coming -- (the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter's approach scattered the geese") Overview of verb approach The verb approach has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (46) approach, near come on go up draw near draw close come near -- (move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer") 2. (10) border on approach -- (come near or verge on resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches tht of Horowitz") 3. (6) set about go about approach -- (begin to deal with "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project") 4. (6) approach, come near -- (metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age") 5. (6) approach -- (make advances to someone usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters") Overview of adj approaching The adj approaching has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) approaching, oncoming -- (moving toward one) 2. approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions")
approaching definition
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