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Definition of Approach

1. Noun. Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation. "His plan of attack was misguided"

2. Verb. Move towards. "Sam and Sue approach"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

3. Noun. The act of drawing spatially closer to something. "The hunter's approach scattered the geese"

4. Verb. Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character. "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

5. Noun. A way of entering or leaving. "He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

6. Verb. Begin to deal with. "Approach a new project"

7. Noun. The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.

8. Verb. Come near in time. "Approaching old age"

9. Noun. The event of one object coming closer to another.

10. Verb. Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion. "They approach him to write the letter"; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

11. Noun. A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others. "She rejected his advances"

12. Noun. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time. "The approach of winter"

13. Noun. A close approximation. "The nearest approach to genius"

14. Noun. 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"

Definition of Approach

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

2. v. t. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.

3. n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

4. n. A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

Definition of Approach

1. Verb. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To come near to in place, time, character(,) or value; to draw nearer to. ¹

4. Verb. To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy). ¹

5. Verb. To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive military) To take approaches to. ¹

7. Noun. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ¹

8. Noun. An access, or opportunity of drawing near. ¹

9. Noun. (context: used only with the plural '''approaches''') Movements to gain favor; advances. ¹

10. Noun. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. ¹

11. Noun. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made. ¹

12. Noun. (context: used only in the plural fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. ¹

13. Noun. (golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. ¹

14. Noun. The way an aircraft lands at an airport. ¹

15. Noun. (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Approach

1. to come near or nearer to [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Approach

1. 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." "A nearer approach to the human type." (Owen) 2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near. "The approach to kings and principal persons." (Bacon) 3. Movements to gain favor; advances. 4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. 5. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. 6. See Approaching. Origin: Cf. F. Approche. See Approach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Approach

appriser apprisers apprises apprising apprizal apprizals apprize apprized apprizements apprizer

apprizers apprizes apprizing appro approach (current term) approach-approach conflict approach-avoidance conflict approach path approach pattern approach shot

approach shots approach trench approachabilities approachability approachable approachableness approached approacher approachers

Literary usage of Approach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"On approach caused by Vibration." By FREDERICK GUTHRIE. ... Also one vibrating fork tends to approach another in whatever sense their planes of vibration ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"But close in the geometry must be that of a ground-state cyclopropane, ie, aa approach with в = 0. At intermediate distances the two extremes are connected ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"But Great-heart their guide made first his approach unto Grim, and laid so heavily at him with his sword, that he forced him to retreat. ..."

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