of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"

the event of one object coming closer to another[syn: approach ]

the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"[syn: approach ]

the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"[syn: approach ]

adjective

passing , receding , remote

adjective

advancing , convergent , impending , coming , drawing near , moving closer , at hand , imminent , forthcoming , upcoming