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noun

Approach n.

1.

The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." "A nearer approach to the human type."

2.

A access, or opportunity of drawing near. "The approach to kings and principal persons."

3.

pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.

4.

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

5.

pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

6.

(Hort.) See Approaching.

7.

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

8.

(Aviation) That part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.

9.

(Bowling) The steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.

verb

Approach v. t.

1.

To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. (Archaic)

2.

To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. "He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer."

3.

(Mil.) To take approaches to.

Approach v. i. (past & past part. approached; pres. part. approaching)

1.

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. "Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?" "But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."

2.

To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

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Etymology of 'Approach'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Approach" Quotes from Famous Books

... on these summer evenings, stands the militant figure of that old retainer, Bridget the cook, her stout arms akimbo, ready to engage in vigorous banter should Honora deign to approach. ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... let her take me - where she would. My heart was too sore to be ambitious and too sober to feel the flutterings of vanity. I knew the effect of her doings was often what satisfied her; but the nearest approach to a thrill of vanity in myself was, I think, the wish that Christian could see me. And as he could not, I seemed to wear an armour of proof against other eyes. I did not ...

— Daisy in the Field • Elizabeth Wetherell

... Once more the prince started to ride round the field, when at the same moment a peasant appeared, riding a splendid white horse, and overtook the prince—overtook him and laughed proudly! The prince was put to shame before his guests! He knit his brow, and beckoned the peasant to approach; then, with a blow of his dagger, he severed the man's head from his body. Drawing his pistol, he shot the white horse in the ear. He then delivered himself up to justice, and was ...

— Creatures That Once Were Men • Maxim Gorky

... establishment died as often as old Mantalini himself. Every season that came to a close was proclaimed to be their last, but somehow or other they always managed to scramble into existence on the approach of another. It is a way, indeed, that delicate packs have of recruiting their finances. Nevertheless, the Mangeysternes did look very like coming to an end about the time that Mr. Puffington bought Hanby House. The saddler huntsman had failed; John ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... Redgrave; and could it be imagined that Sibyl Carnaby was one of them—Sibyl, the woman of culture, of high principle, the critic of society—Sibyl, to whom she had so long paid homage, as to one of the chosen of her sex? That Redgrave might approach Sibyl with lawless thought, she could well believe, and such a possibility excited her indignation; that Sibyl would meet him on his own terms, she could not for a moment have credited, but for a traitor-voice that spoke ...

— The Whirlpool • George Gissing

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