Approach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come near or nearer, as in space or time: Spring approaches.
  • verb-intransitive. Sports To make an approach, as in golf.
  • v. To come or go near or nearer to: approached the tunnel.
  • v. To come close to, as in appearance, quality, or condition; approximate: The performance approaches perfection.
  • v. To make a proposal or overtures to with a specific end in view: approached the administration for a raise.
  • v. To begin to deal with or work on: approached the task with dread; approached the issue from a historical perspective.
  • n. The act of approaching: the approach of night.
  • n. A fairly close resemblance; an approximation.
  • n. A way or means of reaching something; an access: an approach to the bridge.
  • n. The method used in dealing with or accomplishing: a logical approach to the problem.
  • n. An advance or overture made by one person to another.
  • n. Sports The golf stroke following the drive from the tee with which a player tries to get the ball onto the putting green.
  • n. Sports 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.
  • n. Sports The part of the area behind the foul line in a bowling alley used by a bowler in delivering the ball.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
  • v. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
  • v. To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
  • v. To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).
  • v. To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.
  • v. To take approaches to.
  • n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  • n. An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
  • n. Movements to gain favor; advances.
  • n. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
  • n. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
  • n. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
  • n. A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
  • n. The way an aircraft lands at an airport.
  • n. The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
  • verb-intransitive. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
  • v. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
  • v. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to
  • v. To take approaches to.
  • n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  • n. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
  • n. Movements to gain favor; advances.
  • n. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
  • n. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
  • n. See Approaching.
  • n. A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
  • n. that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.
  • n. the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come or go near in place or time; draw near; advance nearer; come into presence.
  • Figuratively, to draw near; approximate; come near in degree: with to: as, he approaches to the character of an able statesman.
  • To bring near; advance: as, he approached his hand to the cup.
  • To come or draw near to: as, to approach the gate.
  • Figuratively, to come near to in quality, character, or condition; nearly equal: as, modern sculpture does not approach that of the Greeks.
  • n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  • n. Access; opportunity or liberty of drawing near; nearness: as, “the approach to kings,” Bacon.
  • n. Nearness or close approximation in quality, likeness, or character.
  • n. A passage or avenue by which anything is approached; any means of access or approximation.
  • n. plural In fortification, the works thrown up by besiegers to protect themselves in their advances toward a fortress. Compare boyau.
  • n. In golf, the play by which a player endeavors to get his ball on to the putting-green.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
  • v. begin to deal with
  • v. come near in time
  • v. move towards
  • n. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
  • v. make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
  • n. the event of one object coming closer to another
  • n. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • n. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
  • n. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
  • n. a close approximation
  • n. a way of entering or leaving
  • v. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  • n. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
  • Antonym
    avoid    leaven   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    proffer    suggestion    proposition    movement    motion    timing    similarity    airway    skyway    flight path   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    approximate    advance    advances    access    coming    advanced    come    near    appropinquate    anear   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Roach    broach    brooch    caroche    coach    encroach    poach    reproach    roach    roche   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    strategy    method    analysis    movement    theory    procedure    decision    environment    pattern