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Noun
S:
(n)
approach
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approaching
,
coming
(the act of drawing spatially closer to something)
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
S:
(n)
advent
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coming
(arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous))
"the advent of the computer"
S:
(n)
approach
,
approaching
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coming
(the temporal property of becoming nearer in time)
"the approach of winter"
S:
(n)
orgasm
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climax
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sexual climax
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coming
(the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
approaching
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coming
,
forthcoming
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upcoming
(of the relatively near future)
"the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"