Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Coming nearer; approaching.
- noun An approach; an advance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Approach.
- Approaching; nearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the beginning or early stages; the onset.
- adjective moving toward one; approaching.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
approaching ;coming closer - noun an
early stage ; anonset - noun an
approach
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the beginning or early stages
- adjective moving toward one
Etymologies
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Examples
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The difficulty is that much of what we describe as the oncoming third wave threatens existing constituencies in the democratic party, and as a result, there is ...
Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave 1995
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An employer can't legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can't work unless they are actively starving themselves to death?
Keli Goff: If Marijuana Growers Need Unions, So Do Fashion Models Keli Goff 2010
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t legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can
Keli Goff: If Marijuana Growers Need Unions, So Do Fashion Models Keli Goff 2010
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Later they learned the other path was actually for oncoming traffic.
Around the World in 80 Ways Sophia Hollander 2011
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Those who live or trade here don't so much walk as glide, ready at an instant to dodge to the right or left to avoid a pile of oncoming hides, a blind beggar, or a cart erupting with produce.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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Those who live or trade here don't so much walk as glide, ready at an instant to dodge to the right or left to avoid a pile of oncoming hides, a blind beggar, or a cart erupting with produce.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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Light occasionally showered over her, bathing her in an unnatural glow as headlights swung across glass from oncoming cars.
Mary Lou's Lost Shoe Ron Earl Phillips 2011
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It was a somber, dark, almost classically styled piece, and yet Mr. Smith's drumming suggested an oncoming hurricane.
The Sound Way Down in the Underground Will Friedwald 2011
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Those who live or trade here don't so much walk as glide, ready at an instant to dodge to the right or left to avoid a pile of oncoming hides, a blind beggar, or a cart erupting with produce.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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Those who live or trade here don't so much walk as glide, ready at an instant to dodge to the right or left to avoid a pile of oncoming hides, a blind beggar, or a cart erupting with produce.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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