the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"
Term used in the US to describe a horses age. For example, a horse approaching the age of four is said to be "coming four". In the UK the term rising is used.