If you approach something, you get nearer to it.
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Approach is not followed by 'to'. You do not say, for example, 'He approached to the front door'.
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| Noun | 1. | approach - ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "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"conceptualization, formulation, conceptualisation - inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally avenue - a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" |
| 2. | approach - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" access - the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building" closure, closing - approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" landing approach - the approach to a landing field by an airplane run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed | |
| 3. | approach - a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | |
| 4. | approach - the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landingair lane, skyway, airway, flight path - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern - the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" | |
| 5. | approach - the event of one object coming closer to another | |
| 6. | approach - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" | |
| 7. | approach - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"timing - the time when something happens | |
| 8. | approach - a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" similarity - the quality of being similar | |
| 9. | approach - a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes golf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it pitch shot, pitch - a high approach shot in golf | |
| Verb | 1. | approach - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" drive up - approach while driving; "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house" bear down on, bear down upon - sail towards another vessel, of a ship close - draw near; "The probe closed with the space station" |
| 2. | approach - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" approximate, come close - be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" converge - approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit | |
| 3. | approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" | |
| 4. | approach - come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" get on - grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!" | |
| 5. | approach - make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"hit - pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" |