English to English
noun
- the event of one object coming closer to another
source: WordNet 3.0
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
The approach of winter.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
The hunter's approach scattered the geese.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- of the relatively near future
The approaching election.
This coming Thursday.
The forthcoming holidays.
The upcoming spring fashions.
source: WordNet 3.0
