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Approaching

Definition: Approaching

Approaching

Adjective

1. Moving toward one.

2. Of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions".

Noun

1. The event of one object coming closer to another.

2. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter".

3. The act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "approaching" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Approaching

DomainDefinition

Weather

A thunderstorm which contains winds of 35 to 49 knots (40 to 57 mph), or hail 1/2 inch or larger but less than 3/4 inch in diameter. See severe thunderstorm. (severe levels). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Limit (mathematics)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics, the concept of a "limit" is used to describe the behavior of a function, as its argument gets "close" to either some point, or infinity; or the behavior of a sequence's elements, as their index approaches infinity. Limits are used in calculus (and other branches of mathematical analysis) to define derivatives and continuity.

The concept of the "limit of a function" is further generalized to the concept of topological net, while the limit of a sequence is closely related to limit and direct limit in category theory.

Limit of a function

Main article: limit of a function

Limit of a function at a point

Suppose f(x) is a real function and c is a real number. If the values of f(x) approach (get close to, but don't necessarily reach) the number L, as x approaches c, one can state that "the limit of f(x), as x approaches c, is L" and write

For example: f(x)=x/(x2+1). f(1.9)=0.4121, f(1.99)=0.4012; f(1.999)=0.4001. As x approaches 2, f(x) approaches 0.4 and hence we have limx→2 f(x)=0.4.

In this case limx→2 f(x)=f(2) and f is continuous at x=2. But it is not always the case, consider

Then limx→2 g(x)≠g(2) and so g is not continuous at x=2.

Limit of a function at infinity

One need not examine limits only as x approches some finite number; one can also examine the limit, of a function, as x approaches infinity. For example f(x)=2x / x+1. f(100)=1.9802, f(1000)=1.9980, f(10000)=1.9998. As x becomes extremely large, f(x) approaches 2. In this case:

However, if one considers the codomain of f is the extension real line, then limit of a function at infinity could be considered as a special case of limit of a function at a point.

Limit of a sequence

Main article: limit of a sequence

Consider the following sequence: 1.79, 1.799, 1.7999,... We could observe that the numbers are "approaching" the 1.8, the limit of the sequence.

Formally, suppose x1, x2, ... is a sequence of real numbers. We say that the real number L is the limit of this sequence and we write

if and only if

for every ε>0 there exists a natural number n0 (which will depend on ε) such that for all n>n0 we have |xn - L| < ε.

Intuitively, this means that eventually all elements of the sequence get as close as we want to the limit, since the absolute value |xn - L| can be interpreted as the "distance" between xn and L. Not every sequence has a limit; if it does, we call it convergent, otherwise divergent. One can show that a convergent sequence has only one limit.

The limit of a sequence and the limit of a function is closely related. On one hand, the limit of a sequence is simply the limit at infinity of a function defined on natural numbers. On the other land, a limit of a function f at x, if it exists, is the same as the limit of the sequence xn=f(x+1/n).

Topological net

Main article: net (topology)

Better introduction is needed

All of the above notions of limit can be unified and generalized to arbitrary topological spaces by introducing topological nets and defining their limits. The article on nets elaborates on this.

An alternative is the concept of limit for filters on topological spaces.

Limit in category theory

Main article: limit (category theory)

A introduction will be added soon.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Limit (mathematics)."

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Synonyms: Approaching

Synonyms: coming(a) (adj), forthcoming (adj), oncoming (adj), upcoming (adj), approach (n), coming (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Approaching

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Approach

Adjective: approaching; Verb: approximative; affluent; impending, imminent; (destined).

Futurity

Noun: futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years; morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Approaching

English words defined with "approaching": Abord, access, approachBabingtoniteclosing, closure, come near, come on, coming, Cylindraceousday of reckoning, Death token, doom, Doomsday, draw close, draw nearforthcominggo uphighestInvisible greenLead angleMaturescent, Maturingnear, Nightward, Nigrescent, North Star, nucleuspeak, protohippusSandish, Sensible note, Skyish, Subtrihedral, suspenseterminal, testudo, To fence the tables, Toward, TowardsupcomingVergency. (references)
Specialty definitions using "approaching": Abdomen, Affliction, Agabus, angle of nip, Apparel, Architectural Accessibility, area coordinator, Argue, Atonement, Augur, automatic doorbeam action, bridge tendercanal-lock tender, chief operator, Cardinal, Cherries, chief lock-operator, Chimney, Coffee Mill, Convective Outlook, converging flight rule, CROSSING TENDER, CrucifixDogs, Doppler broadening, downthrow fault, DRAWBRIDGE OPERATOR, DynamiteEntrance Region, exploring driftfield supervisor, FLAGGERgarnet jade, generator-switchboard operator, geometrical optics, Gjallar, GloomyHair, hole throughInfinite Impulse Response, Integrated Pest Management, Intel CorporationLake, Lap-dog, LOCK TENDER, CHIEF OPERATORMarmot, mass-velocity ratio, mellorite, MicroradiographyNeedleorbital eccentricity, outer fixParents, Patch, Photography, ProcessionRain, Repression-Sensitization, ring-stress bursts, Roots, RubySCIMETAR, Self-Agglomerating process, Severe Thunderstorm, signal-tower operator, sound warbler, Stairs, Stallion, Storm, SUPERVISOR, SURVEY WORKERS, Sweeping, Syringetoggle action, TOWER OPERATOR, traffic control signaler, Trowel, tunnel portal transitions, TurkeyVoiceWedding, Weighing, Whale. (references)
Etymologies containing "approaching": Skyish. (references)

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Modern Usage: Approaching

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The 3 choppers are steadily approaching what has unanimously agreed to be the front of these spaceships, a parabolic indentation 9 city blocks in diameter (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich)

Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

Alien approaching! (Lost in Space; writing credit: Walter Beck; Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm)

Lyrics

Two riders were approaching ("All Along the Watchtower"; performing artist: Jimi Hendrix)

Clever

If things get better with age, I'm approaching magnificent! (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Pope Leo XIII Approaching Garden (1898)

000 De lyckliga ingenjörerna - Approaching Zero (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Approaching

DomainTitle

Books

  • Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (reference)

  • Approaching Jehovah's Witnesses in Love: How to Witness Effectively Without Arguing (reference)

  • Approaching Psychoanalysis: An Introductory Course (reference)

  • Approaching Zero: The Extraordinary Underworld of Hackers, Phreakers, Virus Writers, and Keyboard Criminals (reference)

  • Data Protection Law - Approaching its Rationale, Logic and Limits (INFORMATION LAW SERIES Volume 10) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • A Sampler of Alternative Homes : Approaching Sustainable Architecture (reference)

  • Approaching A Crisis Threats of Violence, Divorce, and Suicide (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Approaching

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Lightning in approaching storm, White's City, New Mexico. Credit: CDC.

Full view of the Earth, taken by GOES-7(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) on 25 August 1992.The image shows Hurricane Andrew approaching Louisiana. Credit: NASA.

Hurricane Bonnie approaching the Eastern Seaboard of the United States on1998 August 25, as viewed by GOES-8 (GeostationaryOperational Environmental Satellite). Image produced by DennisChesters, Marit Jentoft-Nilsen and Mark Sutton, Laboratory forAtmospheres, NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Center. Credit: NASA.

On the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sand dunes are encroaching onto once-fertile lands in the north. Healthy vegetation appears red in this image; in the center, notice the lone red dot. It is the result of a center-pivot irrigation system, evidence that at least one optimistic farmer continues to work the fields despite the approaching sand. Credit: NASA.

Approaching the Golden Gate. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Approaching a station in an Oregon wheat field - White 3/4 ton truck Astro Party of C. V. Hodges. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Approaching the JFK Causeway connecting Corpus Christi with Padre Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Volcanoes National Park approaching Kilauea Crater. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Approaching Elephant Island. 61 10 S Latitude 55 14 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Approaching Juneau from the south in Gastineau Channel. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Approaching
 

"Subway escalator (5)" by bizilagun design
Commentary: "Approaching an escalator at Madrid's subway."
"Rusty whats-it 1" by Jozsef Szoke
Commentary: "Approaching to the harbor evia/greece, 2003."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Historic Usage: Approaching

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

The individual members of this class, however, are being constantly hurled down into the proletariat by the action of competition, and, as modern industry develops, they even see the moment approaching when they will completely disappear as an independent section of modern society, to be replaced, in manufactures, agriculture and commerce, by overlookers, bailiffs and shopmen. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Approaching

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

They were now approaching the cottage, and all idle topics were superseded

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

His eyes, however, were soon greeted by a little, glimmering light, which, at first a long way off, was approaching up the street

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Meanwhile various complications were approaching.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Muley watched the approaching lights

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I often performed this duty of hospitality, waited long enough to milk a whole herd of cows, but did not see the man approaching from the town

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Approaching

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When traveling, it is always prudent to avoid approaching any wild or domestic animal. (references)

Parents and teachers can help them remember by approaching memory through visual channels. (references)

Physicians may never be able to make a single recommendation about using hormone supplements for all women approaching menopause. (references)

Business

Financing as well as timely delivery are key factors that foreign suppliers should bear in mind when approaching this market. (references)

The opportunities available in Greece are vast, and with the approaching 2004 Olympic Games the scene becomes more and more challenging. (references)

This report treats the reader as coming from a "generic firm" approaching the global market - neither a market driven, nor a cost driven company. (references)

Civil Liberties

Eritrea

In addition the Government often refused to issue exit visas to some adolescents, apparently on the ground that they were approaching the age of eligibility for national service. (references)

Moldova

All persons approaching the UNHCR for refugee status also apply to the President for political asylum but invariably receive the response that the application can not be processed due to the absence of any refugee or asylum law. (references)

Economic History

Chile

The Central Bank expects growth approaching 5 percent in 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Nicaragua

One hour later a second passenger bus was approaching the area where the police had captured the assailants, and police officers signaled the bus to slow down. (references)

Gambia

Fatty was arrested for hoisting UDP flags along the highway while the presidential convoy was approaching the village, and he reported that the police slapped him while in detention and that he was kept without food and water. (references)

Political Economy

Bangladesh

Both politics and business conditions increasingly will be affected by the approaching parliamentary elections, which are expected to be held in fall 2001. (references)

Trade

El Salvador

Since dollarization, rates have dropped more sharply and are approaching U.S. levels. (references)

Travel

Trinidad

Business and investment advice is available from the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain or the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AmCham - with a membership approaching 300 businesses). (references)

Ecuador

A peace treaty ending the Ecuador/Peru border conflict was signed on October 26, 1998. The border between the two countries is open, but crossing or approaching the Ecuador-Peru border anywhere except at official checkpoints is dangerous. (references)

Women

Taiwan

Under the law, a judicial order may be obtained to prohibit violators from approaching victims. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

However, some employment agents bring foreign workers to the country under conditions approaching indenture. (references)

Mexico

Wages in the maquiladora sector still were lower than in the traditional manufacturing sector, although they were approaching manufacturing sector level. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certain Orientals attain a surprising proficiency, as the incident here related will serve to show. The account is translated from the Japanese by Shusi Itama, a famous writer of the thirteenth century. When the great Gichi-Kuktai was Mikado he condemned to decapitation Jijiji Ri, a high officer of the Court. Soon after the hour appointed for performance of the rite what was his Majesty's surprise to see calmly approaching the throne the man who should have been at that time ten minutes dead! "Seventeen hundred impossible dragons!" shouted the enraged monarch. "Did I not sentence you to stand in the market-place and have your head struck off by the public executioner at three o'clock? And is it not now 3:10?" "Son of a thousand illustrious deities," answered the condemned minister, "all that you say is so true that the truth is a lie in comparison. But your heavenly Majesty's sunny and vitalizing wishes have been pestilently disregarded. With joy I ran and placed my unworthy body in the market-place. The executioner appeared with his bare scimetar, ostentatiously whirled it in air, and then, tapping me lightly upon the neck, strode away, pelted by the populace, with whom I was ever a favorite. I am come to pray for justice upon his own dishonorable and treasonous head." "To what regiment of executioners does the black-boweled caitiff belong?" asked the Mikado. "To the gallant Ninety-eight Hundred and Thirty-seventh -- I know the man. His name is Sakko-Samshi." "Let him be brought before me," said the Mikado to an attendant, and a half-hour later the culprit stood in the Presence. "Thou bastard son of a three-legged hunchback without thumbs!" roared the sovereign -- "why didst thou but lightly tap the neck that it should have been thy pleasure to sever?" "Lord of Cranes of Cherry Blooms," replied the executioner, unmoved, "command him to blow his nose with his fingers." Being commanded, Jijiji Ri laid hold of his nose and trumpeted like an elephant, all expecting to see the severed head flung violently from him. Nothing occurred: the performance prospered peacefully to the close, without incident. All eyes were now turned on the executioner, who had grown as white as the snows on the summit of Fujiama. His legs trembled and his breath came in gasps of terror. "Several kinds of spike-tailed brass lions!" he cried; "I am a ruined and disgraced swordsman! I struck the villain feebly because in flourishing the scimetar I had accidentally passed it through my own neck! Father of the Moon, I resign my office." So saying, he gasped his top-knot, lifted off his head, and advancing to the throne laid it humbly at the Mikado's feet.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Approaching

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Measures have been already taken for furnishing them with heavy cannon for the service of such land batteries as may make a part of their defense against armed vessels approaching them.

James Monroe

1817-1825Nature has done so much for us by intersecting the country with so many great rivers, bays, and lakes, approaching from distant points so near to each other, that the inducement to complete the work seems to be peculiarly strong.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829The general aspect of the affairs of our neighboring American nations of the south has been rather of approaching than of settled tranquility.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963I think that you and I, with our heavy responsibilities for the maintenance of peace, were aware that development were approaching a point where events could have become unmanageable.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974But we are approaching the limits of what government alone can do.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Approaching

"Approaching" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.78% of the time. "Approaching" is used about 1,429 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)90.78%1,2986,096
Adjective (general or positive)8.18%11729,823
Noun (proper)0.56%8124,375
Noun (singular)0.42%6143,867
Noun (common)0.07%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,429N/A

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Derived & Related Names: Approaching

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "approaching".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AssosN/ABiblical

Approaching

GoshenN/ABiblical

Approaching

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: Approaching

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "approaching": fast-approaching.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Approaching

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

approaching woman

15

approaching death sign

14

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12

approaching death

6

approaching girl

5

approaching reality

4

approaching labor sign

4

approaching stanford

4

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3

adult adult afrodisiac afrodisiac androsterone androsterone androsterone androsterone androsterone aphrodisiac aphrodisiac appeal approaching approaching attract attract attract attract attract attract attractant attractant attraction behavior better chem

2

approaching storm

2

approaching lightness.com

2

approaching lavender

2

approaching boat human in whale

2
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Modern Translation: Approaching

Language Translations for "approaching"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مقترب (oncoming), ‏مقدم (forefront, forepart, given, introduction, lieutenant colonel, offered, preamble, presented), ‏قريب (adjacent, akin, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearby, nearer, next of kin, nigh, on familiar terms, propinquity, related, relational, relative, thereabout, thereabouts). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

臨近 (close to), 接近 (Approached, Approximated, Approximating, Proximal), 未來 (coming, future, pending, tomorrow). (various references)

   

Danish

  

specifik anflyvningstid (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back), skib i modsat retning (approaching vessel, meeting vessel), manøvrering under anduvning af lodsfartøjer (manoeuvre when approaching pilot vessel), kontrabevægelse (movements approaching each other), faktisk anflyvningstid (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

werkelijke naderingstijd (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back), tegenligger (approaching vessel, meeting vessel, oncoming traffic, opposing train, train passing in the opposite direction, train running in the opposite direction), tegengestelde bewegingen op hetzelfde spoor (movements approaching each other), naderende doelen (approaching target), manoeuvre bij het naderen van loodsboot (manoeuvre when approaching pilot vessel), bij het penetreren van een onder hoge druk staande produktiezone of het naderen van een vermoedelijk onder hoge druk staande zone,verdient het aanbeveling keerkleppen of pompuitschakelende veiligheidskleppen in de boorpijpen te gebruiken (or approaching a potential high pressure zone, the use of drill pipe non-rturn valves or pump-down type drill pipe safety valves is advocated, while penetrating a known high pressure production zone). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

(he is approaching 50), on tulossa (is approaching, is coming, is drawing near, is on the way), myrskyn enne (a sign of an approaching gale), hän lähentelee 50 (he is approaching 50). (various references)

   

French

  

approchant. (various references)

   

German

  

auf einen zukommend, anmarschierend, nah (close, close to, closely, impending, near, nearby), nähernd (approximating, nearing), in der nähe (close, close by, in the area, in the vicinity, near by, nearby, thereabouts), bevorstehend (close, coming to come, forthcoming, imminent, impending, near, nearby, next, pending, to be in store, upcoming). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Οταν πλησιάζουμε σε έναν ισόπεδο κόμβο η κύρια οδός πρέπει να είναι ορατή από μια επαρκή απόσταση. (when approaching a junction there should be sufficient visibility distance along the major road), κατά τη γεώτρηση μιας παραγωγικής ζώνης,που έχει αναγνωρισθεί ως μεγάλης πιέσεως ή κοντά σε μία ζώνη δυναμικού μεγάλης πιέσεως,συνιστάται (or approaching a potential high pressure zone, the use of drill pipe non-rturn valves or pump-down type drill pipe safety valves is advocated, while penetrating a known high pressure production zone), κίνηση αμαξοστοιχιών σε μονή γραμμή αντιθέτου φοράς (movements approaching each other), πραγματικός χρόνος προσέγγισης (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back), προσεγγίζοντες στόχοι (approaching target), πλοίο από αντίθετη κατεύθυνση (approaching vessel, meeting vessel), η νύχτα ζυγώνει (night is approaching), ελιγμός κατά την προσέγγιση πλοηγίδας (manoeuvre when approaching pilot vessel), αντίθετη κίνηση αμαξοστοιχιών (movements approaching each other). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מתקרב (incoming, oncoming), קריבה (approximation, coming near), התקרבות (coming, coming near, convergence, oncoming, rapprochement), הגעה (arrival, reaching, touching). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

közeli (adjacent, close, close to, near, nearby, neighboring, nigh, propinquous, thick), közeledő (coming, forthcoming, toward, upcoming). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mendatang (arrive, come, coming, happen, impending, occur, upcoming). (various references)

   

Italian

  

nel penetrare in una nota zona di produzione ad alta pressione,o avvicinandosi ad una zona ad alto potenziale di pressione,è sistematico l'uso di valvole di non ritorno o di valvole di sicurezza del tipo "pump down" sulle aste a fondo pozzo (or approaching a potential high pressure zone, the use of drill pipe non-rturn valves or pump-down type drill pipe safety valves is advocated, while penetrating a known high pressure production zone), movimenti di avvicinamento (movements approaching each other), movimenti di accostamento (movements approaching each other), manovra di avvicinamento al batello pilota (manoeuvre when approaching pilot vessel), in prossimita delle intersezioni la strada principale dovrebbe avere una sufficiente distanza di visibilita (when approaching a junction there should be sufficient visibility distance along the major road), durata effettiva del volo di avvicinamento (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back), bersaglio in avvicinamento (approaching target). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

接近 (drawing nearer, getting closer). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せっきん (drawing nearer, getting closer). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

접근 (Access, ACCS, Approach, Approximating, Nearing). (various references)

   

Manx

  

er gerrey (close to, imminent, near). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

approachingay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

alvos em aproximação (approaching target), tempo efectivo de aproximação (actual approaching time, actual time to leave the field and to come back), nas proximidades de um cruzamento,a estrada principal deve ser visível a uma distância suficiente (when approaching a junction there should be sufficient visibility distance along the major road), manobra de aproximação à embarcação do piloto (manoeuvre when approaching pilot vessel). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

približavanje (oncoming), predstojeći (coming, next). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

semejante (akin, alike, analogous, like, resemblant, similar, such, suchlike), que se acerca (oncoming), próximo (close, coming, following, forthcoming, future, handy, impending, near, nearby, next, proximate). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

unakaribia (you are approaching). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

annalkande (approach, coming, gathering, impendence, oncoming). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yaklaşan (forthcoming, nearing, oncoming), yakında olacak olan. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

agosaol. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Approaching

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

appositus, obitu, obitum, obitus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Approaching

LanguageDateSourceHebrews Chapter 10, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh egkataleiponteV thn episunagwghn eautwn kaqwV eqoV tisin alla parakalounteV kai tosoutw mallon osw blepete eggizousan thn hmeran
Latin405VulgateNon deserentes collectionem nostram sicut est consuetudinis quibusdam sed consolantes et tanto magis quanto videritis adpropinquantem diem
Middle English1395WyclifAs it is of custom to sum men, but coumfortinge, and bi so myche the more, bi hou myche ye seen the dai neiyynge.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd let vs not forsake the felishippe that we have amoge oure selves as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another and that so moche the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Victorian English1833WebsterNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Basic English1964OgdenNot giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Approaching

LanguageHebrews Chapter 10, Verse 25
Cebuanosa dili pagbiya sa atong panagtigum, ingon sa ginabuhat sa pipila, hinonoa sa pagdasig sa usa ug usa, ug ilabina gayud sa makita ninyo nga ang adlaw sa paghukom nagakahiduol na.
Chinese你 們 不 可 停 止 聚 會 、 好 像 那 些 停 止 慣 了 的 人 、 倒 要 彼 此 勸 勉 . 既 知 道 〔 原 文 作 看 見 〕 那 日 子 臨 近 、 就 更 當 如 此 。
Croatiante ne propuštamo svojih sastanaka, kako je u nekih obièaj, nego se hrabrimo, to više što više vidite da se bliži Dan.
Danishog ikke forlade vor egen Forsamling, som nogle have for Skik, men formane hverandre, og det så meget mere, som I se, at Dagen nærmer sig.
DutchEn laat ons onze onderlinge bijeenkomst niet nalaten, gelijk sommigen de gewoonte hebben, maar elkander vermanen; en dat zoveel te meer, als gij ziet, dat de dag nadert.
Finnishälkäämme jättäkö omaa seurakunnankokoustamme, niinkuin muutamien on tapana, vaan kehoittakaamme toisiamme, sitä enemmän, kuta enemmän näette tuon päivän lähestyvän.
FrenchN`abandonnons pas notre assemblée, comme c`est la coutume de quelques-uns; mais exhortons-nous réciproquement, et cela d`autant plus que vous voyez s`approcher le jour.
Germanund nicht verlassen unsere Versammlung, wie etliche pflegen, sondern einander ermahnen; und das so viel mehr, soviel ihr sehet, daß sich der Tag naht.
HungarianEl nem hagyván a magunk gyülekezetét, a miképen szokásuk némelyeknek, hanem intvén egymást annyival inkább, mivel látjátok, hogy ama nap közelget.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHendaklah kita tetap berkumpul bersama-sama, dan janganlah lalai seperti orang lain. Kita justru harus lebih setia saling menguatkan, sebab kita tahu bahwa tidak lama lagi Tuhan akan datang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJanganlah kita undur daripada berhimpun bersama-sama, sebagaimana biasa setengah orang berbuat, melainkan bernasehat-nasehatlah sama sendiri, maka itu pun makin lebih, sebab kamu lihat Hari itu telah hampir.
LatvianNeatstâsim savas sanâksmes, kâ daþi paraduði, nepamudinâdami viens otru jo vairâk redzot, ka tâ diena tuvojas.
MaoriKei mahue te huihui i a tatou ano, kei pera me te hanga a etahi; engari me whakahauhau tetahi i tetahi: kia nui rawa ano hoki i te mea ka kite koutou ka tata te ra.
Norwegianog ikke forlater vår egen forsamling, som nogen har for skikk, men formaner hverandre, og det så meget mere som I ser dagen nærme sig.
Portuguesenão abandonando a nossa congregação, como é costume de alguns, antes admoestando-nos uns aos outros; e tanto mais, quanto vedes que se vai aproximando aquele dia.   
RumanianSq nu pqrqsim adunarea noastrq, cum au unii obicei; ci sq ne kndemnqm unii pe alyii, wi cu atkt mai mult, cu ckt vedeyi cq ziua se apropie.
ShuarYusa Jeen Yus-shuarjai tuke iruntratin iniaisashtiniaitji. Chíkich iniainiakuisha iikia tuke iruntratniuitji. Nui irunkurkia Ikiakánairtiniaitji. Tura Kristu Tátin tsawantri ishichik ajasu asamtai Nú nukap Túratniuitji.
SwahiliTusiache ile desturi ya kukutana pamoja, kama vile wengine wanavyofanya. Bali tunapaswa kusaidiana kwani, kama mwonavyo, Siku ile ya Bwana inakaribia.
Swedishlåtom oss icke övergiva vår församlingsgemenskap, såsom somliga hava för sed, utan må vi förmana varandra -- detta så mycket mer som I sen huru "dagen" nalkas.
UmaNeo' tabahakai mogampara hangkaa-ngkania, hewa to rababehi tauna hantongo'. Kana tida-ta morumpu pai' momerohoi ngkanono, peliu-liu-nami hi tempo toi, apa' ta'inca moto neo' rata-imi Pue'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Approaching

Misspellings

"Approaching" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appraoching. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Approaching"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "approaching" (pronounced uprō"khing)
5-r ō" kh i ngbroaching, encroaching.
4-ō" kh i ngcoaching, poaching.
3-kh i ngarching, attaching, beaching, belching, bleaching, branching, breaching, bunching, catching, clinching, clutching, crouching, crunching, dispatching, ditching, drenching, enriching, entrenching, etching, fetching, flinching, hatching, hitching, impeaching, inching, itching, latching, launching, leaching, lunching, lurching, lynching, marching, matching, mulching, munching, overarching, overreaching, patching, pinching, pitching, preaching, punching, quenching, ranching, reaching, researching, retouching, retrenching, scorching, scratching, screeching, searching, sketching, slouching, snatching, snitching, squelching, stanching, stitching, stretching, switching, teaching, torching, touching, twitching, unflinching, vouching, watching, witching, wrenching.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Approaching

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-n-o-p-p-r"

-2 letters: anaphoric, pharaonic.

-3 letters: agraphic, approach, chapping, chopping, crapping, cropping, paranoic, parching, poaching, prochain, roaching.

-4 letters: anaphor, aphonia, aphonic, apocarp, arching, capping, carping, chagrin, charing, charpai, choragi, choring, copping, craping, graphic, haircap, happing, harping, hopping, ocarina, ochring, organic, panocha, paphian, paprica, paragon, pignora, piranha, rapping.

-5 letters: aahing, aching, acinar, agaric, agonic, anarch, anchor, angora, anopia.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-n-o-p-p-r"
 

+1 letter: pantographic, planographic.

 

+5 letters: antipornographic, phonocardiograph, phonographically, pornographically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Derived from
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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