Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Forward and approaching are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forward" instead the word "Approaching" as an adverb or an adjective.
Forward
Forward adjective - Showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty.
Approaching and forward are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approaching" instead the word "Forward" as an adverb or an adjective.
Both words in one sentence
- There isn't something trying to kill you in every room or corridor, but when you're approaching an enemy, you hear the ominous music before you see it and have to move forward.
Source: Nothing Is Scarier / Video Games -
Subverted in Confessor, when Snakeface, as Richard is approaching him with a sword, launches into a speech about how he's been looking forward to the throw down.
Source: Talking Is a Free Action -
There is another theory that says that if time travel is possible, it is only forward time travel — theoretically caused by time dilation when approaching the speed of light.
Source: Stable Time Loop
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