approaching
Collocations
4ADJ.
big, fast, final
VERB + APPROACHING
figure, kept, saw, see, ship
APPROACHING + NOUN
armies, distance, exam, harbor, japan, kyushu, people, pilot
PREP.
from, in, with
Definitions
adj
That approaches or approach.
the approaching armies
adv
Nearly.
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?
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
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.
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Idioms & Phrases
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6the approaching armies
WiktionaryThe 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 rev
WiktionaryBut 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 othe
WiktionaryAs the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
Tatoeba · #1944If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.
Tatoeba · #2342The approaching exam, they knew, would be quite easy.
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