əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹəʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ əˈpɹəʊtʃɪŋ the act of drawing spatially closer to something the hunter's approach scattered the geese of the relatively near future the approaching election this coming Thursday the forthcoming holidays the upcoming spring fashions the temporal property of becoming nearer in time the approach of winter the event of one object coming closer to another