Approach definition

ə-prōch

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To come close to, as in appearance, quality, or condition; approximate.

The performance approaches perfection.

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To come near or nearer to.

verb

To come closer or draw nearer.

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Approach is defined as the way you handle something.

If you like to face problems head-on to deal with them, that is an example of a direct approach to problems.

noun

A coming closer or drawing nearer.

noun

An advance or overture (to someone)

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An approximation or similarity.

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The definition of approach refers to the process of going towards something.

A lion that slowly nears its prey is an example of a slow approach.

noun

To make advances, a proposal, or a request to.

verb

To begin dealing with.

To approach a task.

verb

A path, road, or other means of reaching a person or place; access.

noun

A means of attaining a goal or purpose.

Let's take a new approach to the problem.

noun

(golf) A shot from the fairway, meant to hit the ball onto the putting green.

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The golf stroke following the drive from the tee with which a player tries to get the ball onto the putting green.

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The steps taken prior to executing a competitive maneuver, as by a diver before diving forward from a springboard or by a bowler before delivering the ball.

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

verb

To bring near; to cause to draw near.

verb

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

noun

An access, or opportunity of drawing near.

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(used only with the plural approaches) Movements to gain favor; advances.

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

noun

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

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(aeron.) The act of bringing an aircraft into position for landing, bombing a target, etc.

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The part of the area behind the foul line in a bowling alley used by a bowler in delivering the ball.

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

As he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

verb

To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. -- Sir William Temple.

"Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge.

To approach the city.

He approached the age of manhood.

Don't approach that house.

verb

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

verb

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

verb

(military) To take approaches to.

verb

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

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(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.

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

noun

The way an aircraft lands at an airport.

noun

The method used in dealing with or accomplishing.

A logical approach to the problem.

noun

To come or go near or nearer to.

Approached the tunnel.

verb

To make a proposal or overtures to with a specific end in view.

Approached the administration for a raise.

verb

To be like or similar to; approximate.

verb

Approach means to move close to something.

When you see an intersection coming up and you drive closer and closer to it, that is an example of approach.

verb

An advance or overture made by one person to another.

noun

To begin to deal with or work on.

Approached the task with dread; approached the issue from a historical perspective.

verb

The act of approaching.

The approach of night.

noun

A fairly close resemblance; an approximation.

noun

A way or means of reaching something; an access.

An approach to the bridge.

noun

To come near or nearer, as in space or time.

Spring approaches.

verb

(sports) To make an approach, as in golf.

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

approach

Plural:

approaches

Origin of approach

Middle English approchen from Old French aprochier from Late Latin appropiāre Latin ad- ad- Latin propius nearer comparative of prope near per¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English approchen, aprochen, Old French aprochier, Late Latin appropiare, from Latin ad + propiare (“to draw near”), from prope (“near”).

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