American English pronunciation
How to pronounce nearing
IPA transcription: ['nɪɹɪŋ]
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Verb
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move towards
“We were approaching our destination”
“They are drawing near”
“The enemy army came nearer and nearer”
Usage examples
- We're nearing the end of the beginning, and that feels great!
- We're nearing the end of the beginning, and that feels great!
- We're nearing the end of the beginning, and that feels great!
- By the time the Berlin Wall fell, Shafran's concert career was nearing its end.
- Black-capped vireos will no longer use sites where many trees are nearing full size.
- But we are nearing the end.
- The plover is nearing extinction in the Great Lakes region of North America.
- By now, the war is nearing its end and the German Army is retreating.
- We're nearing the end of the beginning, and that feels great!