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UK
/ɐpɹˈəʊtʃ/
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[ US /əˈpɹoʊtʃ/ ]
[ US /əˈpɹoʊtʃ/ ]
VERB
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make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters -
begin to deal with
go about a difficult problem
approach a task
approach a new project -
move towards
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
They are drawing near
We were approaching our destination -
come near in time
Winter is approaching
approaching old age -
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
His playing approaches that of Horowitz
This borders on discrimination!
NOUN
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
the approach of winter -
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
the hunter's approach scattered the geese - the event of one object coming closer to another
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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 -
a way of entering or leaving
he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge -
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 -
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
she rejected his advances - the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
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a close approximation
the nearest approach to genius
How To Use approach In A Sentence
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- There is probably room for a touch more earthiness, a little more hardness in her approach to a Don José who is always going to be putty in her hands.
- There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner? Canada and the Empire
- On his first day there he approached a couple of elegant young toffs strolling around the campus. Times, Sunday Times
- Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
- If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
- And approaching that very machine, his last pound coin clutched in his fist, was Felix Henderson McMurdo.
- There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
- I think what we really need is a bipartisanship approach to healthcare.
- Both favour the no-frills approach, often eschewing swish restaurants to munch burgers together when they meet. Times, Sunday Times