Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)approach, approaching, comingthe temporal property of becoming nearer in time“the approach of winter”
(n)approach, approaching, comingthe act of drawing spatially closer to something“the hunter's approach scattered the geese”
Adjectives
(s)approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcomingof the relatively near future“the approaching election”, “this coming Thursday”, “the forthcoming holidays”, “the upcoming spring fashions”