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. In some cases you can use "Anticipated" instead an adjective "Approaching".
Anticipated
Anticipated adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Approaching and anticipated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approaching" instead an adjective "Anticipated".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and approaching
- close and anticipated
- future and approaching
- future and anticipated
- likely and approaching
- likely and anticipated
- near and approaching
- near and anticipated
- probable and approaching
- probable and anticipated
- impending and approaching
- impending and anticipated
- imminent and approaching
- imminent and anticipated
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