Anticipated
Anticipated adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Approaching and anticipated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Approaching" instead an adjective "Anticipated".
Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Usage example: the approaching holiday has everyone in a state of excitement
Anticipated and approaching are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anticipated" instead an adjective "Approaching".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and anticipated
- close and approaching
- future and anticipated
- future and approaching
- likely and anticipated
- likely and approaching
- near and anticipated
- near and approaching
- probable and anticipated
- probable and approaching
- impending and anticipated
- impending and approaching
- imminent and anticipated
- imminent and approaching
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