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Definition approach
Etymology
From Middle English approchen, aprochen, borrowed from Old French aprochier, from Late Latin appropi?, from Latin ad + propi? (“I draw near”), from prope (“near”). Compare modern French approcher (verb) and French approche (noun).
Verb
approach (third-person singular simple present approaches, present participle approaching, simple past and past participle approached)
- (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
- (transitive) To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
- To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).
- To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.
- (transitive, military) To take approaches to.
- To bring near; to cause to draw near.
Noun
approach (plural approaches)
- The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
- An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
- (in the plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.
- A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
- A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
- (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.
- (golf, tennis) An approach shot.
- The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
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