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approach

/ approach /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter''s approach scattered the geese"
Type of:
motion movement move
Kinds of:
access closing closure landing approach run-up
Derived:
come come up near come on go up
verb Sense 2
move towards
"We were approaching our destination"
"They are drawing near"
"The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
Type of:
come come up
Kinds of:
drive up bear down on bear down upon edge in edge up
Derived:
approaching coming
Verb group:
come near
Entails:
advance progress pass on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
come near in time
"Winter is approaching"
"approaching old age"
Type of:
come come up
Kinds of:
get on
Derived:
approaching coming
Verb group:
near come on go up draw near draw close
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 4
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
"I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
Type of:
address accost come up to
Kinds of:
hit
Derived:
overture advance feeler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
the event of one object coming closer to another
Type of:
movement motion
Derived:
near come on go up draw near draw close
noun Sense 6
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
"the approach of winter"
Type of:
timing
Derived:
come come near
noun Sense 7
a close approximation
"the nearest approach to genius"
Type of:
similarity
Derived:
border on
noun Sense 8
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
"his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"
"an attack on inflation"
"his plan of attack was misguided"
Type of:
conceptualization conceptualisation formulation
Kinds of:
avenue
Derived:
set about go about
noun Sense 9
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
"he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
Type of:
golf stroke golf shot swing
Kinds of:
chip chip shot pitch pitch shot
noun Sense 10
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Type of:
air lane flight path airway
Has parts:
traffic pattern approach pattern pattern
noun Sense 11
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
Type of:
way
Kinds of:
entrance entranceway entryway entry entree
verb Sense 12
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
"This borders on discrimination!"
"His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
Type of:
approximate come close
Kinds of:
converge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 13
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his advances"
Type of:
suggestion proposition proffer
verb Sense 14
begin to deal with
"approach a task"
"go about a difficult problem"
"approach a new project"
Type of:
act move
Kinds of:
confront face up face
Derived:
attack plan of attack
Usage Patterns:
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Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
93
Times Searched
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Related Words

motion movement move access closing closure landing approach run-up come come up drive up bear down on