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approaching | x |

As an adjective approaching

is that approaches or approach.

As an adverb approaching

is nearly.

As a verb approaching

is .

As a noun approaching

is the act of coming closer; an approach.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

approaching

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That approaches or approach.
  • the approaching armies

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Nearly.
  • * 2011 March 16, , Opinion: There's more to fear from nature than nuclear power ,
  • The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power?

    Verb

    (head)
  • The army was approaching from the north.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of coming closer; an approach.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
  • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings , touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
    English degree adverbs

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----