English to English noun
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ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | Example:
• 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
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Example:
• the hunter's approach scattered the geese
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a way of entering or leaving | Example:
• he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
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the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | source: wordnet30
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the event of one object coming closer to another | source: wordnet30
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a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Example:
• she rejected his advances
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Example:
• the approach of winter
source: wordnet30 Example:
• the nearest approach to genius
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a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | Example:
• he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. | source: webster1913
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A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. | source: webster1913 verb Example:
• We were approaching our destination • They are drawing near • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
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come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Example:
• This borders on discrimination! • His playing approaches that of Horowitz
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• approach a task • go about a difficult problem • approach a new project
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• Winter is approaching • approaching old age
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16 |
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | Example:
• I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. | source: webster1913
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To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. | source: webster1913
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