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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
     approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
     near, prope near.]
     1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
        advance nearer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
                                                    Sam. xi. 20.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
              ye see the day approaching.           --Heb. x. 25.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
        approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
        ablest statesman.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Approaching \Ap*proach"ing\, n. (Hort.)
     The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into
     another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
     also, inarching and grafting by approach.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
     approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
     near, prope near.]
     1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
        advance nearer.
  
              Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
                                                    Sam. xi. 20.
  
              But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
              ye see the day approaching.           --Heb. x. 25.
  
     2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
        approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
        ablest statesman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Approaching \Ap*proach"ing\, n. (Hort.)
     The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into
     another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
     also, inarching and grafting by approach.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  approaching
       adj : of the relatively near future; "the approaching election";
             "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays";
             "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: coming(a), forthcoming,
              upcoming]
       n 1: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approach]
       2: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the
          approach of winter" [syn: approach, coming]
       3: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the
          hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, coming]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     a.
     That approaches or approach.
     adv.
     nearly.
     n.
     The act of coming closer; an approach.
     vb.
     (present participle of en approach nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     a.
     That approaches or approach.
     adv.
     nearly.
     n.
     The act of coming closer; an approach.
     vb.
     (present participle of en approach nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     a.
     That approaches or approach.
     adv.
     nearly.
     n.
     The act of coming closer; an approach.
     vb.
     (present participle of en approach nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     a.
     That approaches or approach.
     adv.
     nearly.
     n.
     The act of coming closer; an approach.
     vb.
     (present participle of en approach nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a pproach ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  approaching
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en approach ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb approach)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Approaching /ɐpɹˈəʊtʃɪŋ/
  الاقتراب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  approaching /ɐpɹˈəʊtʃɪŋ/ 
  blížící se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  approaching /ɐpɹˈəʊtʃɪŋ/ 
  přibližuje
           Note: se