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approaching
  • n  the event of one object coming closer to another
  • n  the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
  • n  the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • v  move towards
    We were approaching our destination
  • v  come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  • v  begin to deal with
  • v  come near in time
    Winter is approaching
    approaching old age
  • v  make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
  • s  of the relatively near future
    the approaching election
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approbative
  • s  expressing or manifesting praise or approval
    approbative criticism
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appropriable
  • s  that can be appropriated
    appropriable funds
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appropriate
  • v  give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  • v  take possession of by force, as after an invasion
  • a  suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
    a book not appropriate for children
    a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity
    it seems that an apology is appropriate
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appropriative
  • a  of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself
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approved
  • v  give sanction to
  • v  judge to be right or commendable; think well of
  • s  established by authority; given authoritative approval
    a list of approved candidates
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approving
  • n  the formal act of approving
  • v  give sanction to
  • v  judge to be right or commendable; think well of
  • s  expressing or manifesting praise or approval
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approximate
  • v  be close or similar
    Her results approximate my own
  • v  judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
  • s  not quite exact or correct
    the approximate time was 10 o'clock
  • s  very close in resemblance
    sketched in an approximate likeness
  • s  located close together
    approximate leaves grow together but are not united
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apractic
  • s  having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder
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