approaching
adjective
[ əˈprəʊtʃɪŋ ]
• coming nearer in distance or time.
• "an approaching car"
approach
verb
• come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.
• "the train approached the main line"
Similar:
proceed towards,
come/go towards,
advance towards,
go near/nearer,
come near/nearer,
draw near/nearer,
come close/closer,
go close/closer,
draw close/closer,
move near/nearer,
edge near/nearer,
near,
draw near,
close in on,
centre on,
focus on,
converge on,
catch up on,
gain on,
creep up on,
loom,
reach,
arrive at,
• speak to (someone) for the first time about a proposal or request.
• "the department had been approached about funding"
Similar:
speak to,
talk to,
make conversation with,
engage in conversation,
take aside,
detain,
greet,
address,
salute,
hail,
initiate a discussion with,
broach the matter to,
make advances to,
make overtures to,
make a proposal to,
sound out,
proposition,
solicit,
appeal to,
apply to,
buttonhole,
• start to deal with (a situation or problem) in a certain way.
• "one must approach the matter with caution"
Similar:
set about,
tackle,
begin,
start,
commence,
embark on,
make a start on,
address oneself to,
undertake,
get down to,
launch into,
go about,
get to grips with,
get cracking on,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare ‘draw near’, from ad- ‘to’ + propius (comparative of prope ‘near’).
