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Narrower term 15

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Approaching 76% connected

of Approach

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Coming 76% connected

of Come

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Coordination 76% connected

The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, an…

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Earliness 76% connected

The state of being early or forward; promptness.

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Futurity 76% connected

State of being that is yet to come; future state.

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Lateness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Presentness 76% connected

The quality or state of being present; presence.

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Promptness 76% connected

Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.

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Punctuality 76% connected

The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

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Simultaneity 76% connected

The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

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Tardiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tardy.

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Timeliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.

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Untimeliness 76% connected

Unseasonableness.

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Regulating 76% connected

of Regulate

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Regulation 76% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Time 74% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Time 74% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Early 66% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 66% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Future 66% connected

That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.

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Future 66% connected

That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.

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Late 66% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Late 66% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Middle 66% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middle 66% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Past 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Past 66% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Present 66% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Present 66% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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