Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Close to is a synonym for approaching in in the direction of topic. In some cases you can use "Close to" instead the word "Approaching" as an adverb or a preposition or an adjective.
Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Approaching is a synonym for close to in near topic. You can use "Approaching" instead the phrase "Close to" as an adverb or a preposition or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as ahead of, in the direction of.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- like and approaching
- like and close to
- nearly and approaching
- nearly and close to
- almost and approaching
- almost and close to
- practically and approaching
- practically and close to
- about and approaching
- about and close to
- all but and approaching
- all but and close to
- near and approaching
- near and close to
Both terms in one sentence
- She seems to be so scared of approaching guys that she almost always bungles her tries to get close to them.
Source: Cannot Talk to Women -
High-Pressure Emotion: Inami in episode 2 of season 3 after Souta gets extremely close to her to get a look at who was approaching him.
Source: Manga / WORKING!! - As he is taking a flight to survey the battlefields, the pilot repeatedly (and sarcastically) points out the danger in approaching too close to enemy forces.
Source: Literature / Red Storm Rising
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