approaching
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the event of one object coming closer to another
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
- approach derivation
Sense 2 adjective
of the relatively near future
the approaching election
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
the approach of winter
Types & categories
- timing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
- access hyponym
- closure hyponym
- landing approach hyponym
- run-up hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | approach |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imminence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | future |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | come |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | come near |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | timing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | come |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | approach |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | access |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | closure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | landing approach |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | run-up |