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approach [ a·pproach ]

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əˈprəʊtʃ ]
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əˈprəʊtʃ ]
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Verb

1. Come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

the train approached the main line

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2. Come close to (a number, level, or standard) in quality or quantity.

In Pisces, collective thinking approaches the most mystical level possible.

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3. Bring nearer.

all those changes shall serve to approach him the faster to the blest mansion

4. Speak to (someone) for the first time about a proposal or request.

Three years ago, I approached her with a proposal.

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5. Start to deal with (a situation or problem) in a certain way.

There must be other ways to approach this problem than to lock the gate.

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Noun

1. A way of dealing with a situation or problem.

You are diplomatic and cautious in your approach to sticky situations.

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2. An initial proposal or request made to someone.

Businesses should ignore any approach from this firm, and any similar offers.

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3. (approaches) Behaviour intended to propose personal or sexual relations with someone.

feminine resistance to his approaches

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4. The action of coming near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.

It heralds both the approach of the harvest and the end of winter.

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5. (approach to) An approximation to something.

the past is impossible to recall with any approach to accuracy

6. The part of an aircraft's flight in which it descends gradually towards an airfield or runway for landing.

the aircraft completed the approach and touched down

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7. (usually approaches) A road, sea passage, or other way leading to a place.

Those corridors provided natural approaches to the Ledo Road.

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare ‘draw near’, from ad- ‘to’ + propius (comparative of prope ‘near’).

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