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approach - Dictionary definition and meaning for word approach

Definition
(noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
Synonyms : attack , plan of attack
Example Sentence
  • 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
Definition
(noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something
Synonyms : approaching , coming
Example Sentence
  • the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Definition
(noun) a way of entering or leaving
Synonyms : access
Example Sentence
  • he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Definition
(noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Definition
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another
Synonyms : approaching
Definition
(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Synonyms : advance , feeler , overture
Example Sentence
  • she rejected his advances
Definition
(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
Synonyms : approaching , coming
Example Sentence
  • the approach of winter
Definition
(noun) a close approximation
Example Sentence
  • the nearest approach to genius
Definition
(noun) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
Synonyms : approach shot
Example Sentence
  • he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Definition
(verb) move towards
Example Sentence
  • We were approaching our destination
  • They are drawing near
  • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Definition
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
Synonyms : border on
Example Sentence
  • This borders on discrimination!
  • His playing approaches that of Horowitz
Definition
(verb) begin to deal with
Synonyms : go about , set about
Example Sentence
  • approach a task
  • go about a difficult problem
  • approach a new project
Definition
(verb) come near in time
Synonyms : come near
Example Sentence
  • Winter is approaching
  • approaching old age
Definition
(verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
Example Sentence
  • I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters

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