Usually means: Approaching or getting close to.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word nearing:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. nearing: Merriam-Webster
  2. nearing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nearing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Nearing, nearing: Wordnik
  5. nearing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. nearing: Wiktionary
  7. Nearing, nearing: Dictionary.com
  8. nearing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Nearing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Nearing: Rhymezone
  11. Nearing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. nearing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. nearing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearing: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearing: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nearing)

▸ noun:  paradise
▸ noun:  A surname from German.

Similar:
nigh, just about, virtually, about, almost, all but, nearby, approximate, well-nigh, nearly, more...

Types:
approaching, coming, getting closer, more...

Phrases:
Scott Nearing, Helen Nearing, nearing the hour, nearing the end, nearing home, more...

Colors:
    gray,     silver,     charcoal,     smoke,     pewter, more...



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Similar:
nigh, just about, virtually, about, almost, all but, nearby, approximate, well-nigh, nearly, more...

Types:
approaching, coming, getting closer, more...

Phrases:
Scott Nearing, Helen Nearing, nearing the hour, nearing the end, nearing home, nearing midnight, slowly nearing, nearing its end, more...

Colors:
    gray,     silver,     charcoal,     smoke,     pewter, more...



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