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approachings

approachings is the plural of approaching.

Meaning of approaching

Noun

approaching (plural approachings)

  1. The act of coming closer; an approach.
    • 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.2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology, page 168

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Questions about approachings

What is approachings the plural of?
Approachings is the plural of approaching.

Words near approachings in the dictionary

  1. approaches
  2. approachest
  3. approacheth
  4. approaching
  5. approachingly
  6. approachings
  7. approachless
  8. approachment
  9. approachments
  10. approacht
  11. approbate

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