"approaching" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-approaching.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} approaching (not comparable)
  1. That approaches or approach. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that approaches or approach): лишыл (ĺišyl) (Eastern Mari), lähestyvä (Finnish), avvicinamento (Italian), ullaçic (Nahuatl), aproximante (Portuguese), aproximador (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-approaching-en-adj-2BAs1uOb

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-approaching.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} approaching (not comparable)
  1. Nearly. Tags: not-comparable Translations (nearly): lähes (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-approaching-en-adv-2TJE-Yzk

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-approaching.ogg [US] Forms: approachings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} approaching (plural approachings)
  1. The act of coming closer; an approach. Translations (act of coming closer — see also approach): прыбліжэ́нне (prybližénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), набліжэ́нне (nabližénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), lähestyminen (Finnish), approche [feminine] (French), Annäherung [feminine] (German), להתקרב (LeHitkarev) (Hebrew), közeledés (Hungarian), közelgés (Hungarian), приближе́ние (približénije) [neuter] (Russian), набли́ження (nablýžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-approaching-en-noun-~Tk6c8QT

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-American], /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-approaching.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊtʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} approaching
  1. present participle and gerund of approach Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: approach
    Sense id: en-approaching-en-verb-QQgDGdkC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 0 9 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 5 7 83

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    {
      "audio": "en-us-approaching.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-approaching.ogg/En-us-approaching.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-approaching.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prybližénnje",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прыбліжэ́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nabližénnje",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "набліжэ́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "word": "lähestyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "approche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Annäherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "LeHitkarev",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "word": "להתקרב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "word": "közeledés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "word": "közelgés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "približénije",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приближе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nablýžennja",
      "sense": "act of coming closer — see also approach",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "набли́ження"
    }
  ],
  "word": "approaching"
}

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