- approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
- approach, approaching - the event of one object coming closer to another
--1 is a kind of movement, motion
- approach, approaching, coming - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
--2 is a kind of timing
- approach, approaching, coming - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
--3 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--3 has particulars: access; closing, closure; landing approach; run-up
- 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"
--1 is one way to come, come up
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun approach5, noun approach2
Sam and Sue approach
- border on, approach - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
--2 is one way to approximate, come close
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun approach8
Something ----s something
- set about, go about, approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun approach1
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- approach, come near - come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
--4 is one way to come, come up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun approach7
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- 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"
--5 is one way to address, accost, come up to
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun approach6
They approach him to write the letter