Definition of "nearing" []

• Present participle of near. (verb)

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• "With his four-year term nearing an end, he recently spoke with Zhang Tao of Caixin about the lessons of the crisis and the path of global development—including the internationalization of the yuan and the shifting of poverty-fighting industrialism."
• "UBS financial chief John Cryan expressed confidence in nearing the 300 billion Swiss francs goal as he detailed some of what the bank plans to do, including a further cutback of its book of U.S. student loan-related securities, acquired as part of an ill-fated hedge fund venture which ultimately tugged the investment bank into losses and prompted a Swiss government shore-up two years ago."
• "There was a heavy bombardment nearing from the Americans 'big guns, and the guards were in a hurry."