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nearing

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared; p. pr. & vb. n
Nearing.] [See Near, adv.]
To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
[1913 Webster]

Moby Dictionary
about to be , access , accession , advance , advancing , advent , afflux ,
affluxion , already in sight , approach , approaching ,
appropinquation , approximate , approximating , approximation ,
approximative , appulse , arm-in-arm , at hand , attracted to , brewing ,
burning , cheek-by-jowl , close , close at hand , coming , coming near ,
coming toward , desired , destinal , destined , determined , drawn to ,
emergent , eventual , extrapolated , fatal , fated , fatidic ,
flowing toward , forthcoming , future , futuristic , gathering ,
going to happen , hand-in-hand , hereafter , hoped-for , hot ,
immediate , imminence , imminent , impendent , impending ,
in danger imminent , in prospect , in reserve , in store ,
in the cards , in the offing , in the wind , in view , instant ,
intimate , later , looming , lowering , lurking , menacing , near ,
near at hand , near the mark , nearish , nearness , nigh , nighish ,
on the horizon , oncoming , overhanging , planned , plotted , predicted ,
preparing , probable , projected , prophesied , propinque , prospective ,
proximal , proximate , proximation , side-by-side , that will be ,
threatening , to come , to-be , ultimate , upcoming , vicinal , waiting ,
warm