APPROACH
/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 17 Words With Friends 19
Definition
- verb move towards.
— synonyms: near, come_on, go_up, draw_near, draw_close, come_near
- verb come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.
— synonyms: border_on
- verb begin to deal with.
— synonyms: set_about, go_about
- verb come near in time.
— synonyms: come_near
- verb make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.
- noun ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.
— synonyms: attack, plan_of_attack
- noun the act of drawing spatially closer to something.
— synonyms: approaching, coming
- noun a way of entering or leaving.
— synonyms: access
- noun the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.
— synonyms: approach_path, glide_path, glide_slope
- noun the event of one object coming closer to another.
— synonyms: approaching
- noun a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.
— synonyms: overture, advance, feeler
- noun the temporal property of becoming nearer in time.
— synonyms: approaching, coming
- noun a close approximation.
- noun a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.
— synonyms: approach_shot
Examples
- “1991, Carol Lee Johnston, Jeanne Lazaris, Plane Trigonometry, A New Approach.”
- “as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.”
- “"Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge.”
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