aproximation position vs approaching position

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Approximation position' is used when referring to an estimated or close position, while 'approaching position' is used when describing a position that is getting closer or nearing. They are not interchangeable as they convey slightly different meanings.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 663 views

aproximation position

This phrase is correct but not commonly used in English. It refers to an estimated or close position.

This phrase is used when referring to a position that is close or estimated, but not exact.

Alternatives:

estimated position
close position

approaching position

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It describes a position that is getting closer or nearing.

This phrase is used when describing a position that is getting closer or nearing a specific point.

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820 Bravo. 75 approaching position reported by Foxtrot.
Jo, we're approaching Position A.
I have detected a dart approaching our position.
Alright, One, she's approaching your position.
A group of armed men wearing night vision goggles Are rapidly approaching your position.
Owen, you've got a man approaching your position.
At this very moment, six cohorts of the garrison of Rome... are approaching this position.
She's approaching the final position.
Thus, it is of course also important for us in Europe to ensure that we are approaching a position where clean water will be par for the course.
Alpha company, Van now four klicks from your position, approaching at high speed.
Yesterday, during the group meetings, we received documents from the Commission and the Council in which the Commission and the Council are approaching our position.
A restrictive agreement which maintains, creates or strengthens a market position approaching that of a monopoly can normally not be justified on the grounds that it also creates efficiency gains.
In the Commission's view, exclusionary conduct which maintains, creates or strengthens a market position approaching that of a monopoly can normally not be justified on the grounds that it also creates efficiency gains.
If he was approaching our last position, he would have been heading west, wouldn't he?
With elections approaching, Members and candidates have to be in a position to know where things stand regarding this policy area, and citizens ought to have the information enabling them to hold their politicians to account.
On the basis of the information provided in the context of the new restructuring plan, the Commission considers that ÖVAG is able to ensure a comfortable funding position, even with the approaching maturity of the remaining EUR 1 billion of State-guaranteed debt.
This, combined with the Convention, gave us the idea of approaching, through Mr Brok, the European Ombudsman in an attempt to find out what the position was on this under the European laws that the Council had played a part in adopting.
As the soft fruit harvesting season in Poland is fast approaching, is the Commission in a position not only to assess the market situation, but also to introduce solutions which would improve the situation for these fruit producers in Poland this year?

Alternatives:

nearing position
getting closer position

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