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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

... the merchandise can be sold for cash. Consequently this money can gain its profit only once in four years, when it could, as formerly, be thus handled twice in that time. And however great the amount of the profit, it cannot approach that of the two profits [in the four years], especially with the loss involved in the aforesaid duties for the fleets, and the new impositions of duty for the armed vessels that carry, in the South Sea, the money from ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XII, 1601-1604 • Edited by Blair and Robertson

... It must be premised that Cora Cordelia did not know Mr. Gilton very well by sight, being in the first place small and not noticing, and in the second, filled with an unreasoning fear that caused her to flee whenever she had seen him approach. This is the only excuse for what she did; for while her mother was feebly murmuring, as if in extenuation, "We thought it was John coming in," Cora Cordelia clasped her hands in delirious delight, and cried aloud, "It's Santa Claus! Oh, it's Santa Claus!" ...

— A Christmas Accident and Other Stories • Annie Eliot Trumbull

... mournful gusts past the chamber. The avenue was just visible from the spot where I stood; and, looking down, I thought I could discern more than one dark object moving apparently towards the house. It may be readily conceived that I beheld their approach with an interest by no means free from apprehension; and it was not long ere two beings, in human habiliments, were distinctly seen at a short distance from the gate by which I had entered. Feeling myself an intruder, and not being very satisfactorily ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... he continued, presently, "either is, or would like to be, mixed up with the treachery that is somewhere close upon us. Sooner or later she will approach ...

— The Betrayal • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... the group were so intent on what the deputy was saying that none of them observed the approach of this horseman until he reined in his animal close to the sidewalk's edge. Then they saw him lean from the saddle and whisper ...

— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

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