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Definition of approaching : 1. of Approach
2. 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.

Synonyms:

glide slope, emergent, approach, access, feeler, upcoming, approach shot, plan of attack, glide path, moving, looming up, overture, next to come, impinging, advent, approximating, orgasm, drawing near, advance, to come, threatening, moving closer, touching, sexual climax, attack, approach path, climax, rising

convergent, meeting, merging, focal, concentrating

eventual, due, following, oncoming, eventuating, destining, ensuing, developing, future, destined, resulting

intercepting, focusing, uniting

attempting, aiming, engaging, contracting, maneuvering, exploiting, venturing, performing, assaying, committing, proceeding, volunteering, acting, endeavoring, undertaking

kissing, hailing, smiling, shaking hands with, saluting, bowing, nodding, acknowledging, hugging, kowtowing, waving, receiving, noticing, curtsying, welcoming, signaling, vociferating, embracing

beseeching, appealing, imploring, greeting, applying, addressing, petitioning, entreating, pleading, requesting, soliciting, supplicating, begging, enticing, buttonholing, accosting, inviting

near, forthcoming, advancing, proximate, coming, closing, looming, converging, imminent, nearby, gaining, nearing, expected, accessing, impending

biding, quoting, extending, rendering, tendering, bestowing, citing, issuing, presenting, submitting, imparting, giving, offering, dealing, endowing, granting

Usage examples:

• From far away she had caught the sound of approaching hoofbeats. - "Hoofbeats on the Turnpike", Mildred A. Wirt.
• The girl came at last to the turning which led to the little green, and then she saw Isabella approaching. - "East of the Shadows", Mrs. Hubert Barclay.
• It was beyond question that he was not approaching the opposite village, but getting further away from it. - "Timar's Two Worlds", Mór Jókai.