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English

Etymology

From , , , , from + {{term|propiare|lang=la||to draw near, prope near}}.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈprəʊtʃ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-approach.ogg
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Verb

  1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
  2. : Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? —2 Sam. xi. 20.
  3. : But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. —Heb. x. 25.
  4. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
  5. : as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
  6. 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.
  7. : He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. --Temple.
  8. In the Context of To take approaches to.


Translations

Translations to be checked


Noun

  1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  2. :The approach of summer. —Horsley.
  3. :A nearer approach to the human type. —Owen.
  4. An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
  5. :The approach to kings and principal persons. —Bacon.
  6. In the Context of Movements to gain favor; advances.
  7. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. —Macaulay.
  8. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
  9. :an approach to gardening
  10. In the Context of The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
  11. A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
  12. The way a plane lands at an airport.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|tilnærmelse|m}} (space or figuratively), {{t-|no|tilstundelse|m}} (time, archaic)
  • Finnish:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|доступ|m|tr=dóstup|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abordagem|f}}
  • Russian: подход (podχód)
  • Finnish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|innflyging|c}}
Translations to be checked


References

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. t.
1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
[Archaic] --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have
approached Homer. --Temple.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v.
i.]
1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The
approach of summer." --Horsley.
[1913 Webster]

A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen.
[1913 Webster]

2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
[1913 Webster]

The approach to kings and principal persons.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
[1913 Webster]

4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings
can be approached; an access. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads
made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or
military post.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Hort.) See Approaching.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the
putting green. It is made with an iron club.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8. (Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane
descends toward the landing strip.
[PJC]

9. (Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before
delivering the ball toward the pins.
[PJC.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr.
& vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
near, prope near.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
advance nearer.
[1913 Webster]

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
Sam. xi. 20.
[1913 Webster]

But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.
[1913 Webster]

2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to
approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the
ablest statesman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet approach
n 1: 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" [syn: attack, {plan of
attack}]
2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the
hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approaching,
coming]
3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the
access to the bridge" [syn: access]
4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
[syn: approach path, glide path, glide slope]
5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approaching]
6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance,
feeler]
7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the
approach of winter" [syn: approaching, coming]
8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"
9: 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" [syn: approach shot]
v 1: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They
are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and
nearer" [syn: near, come on, go up, draw near, {draw
close}, come near]
2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or
character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing
approaches that of Horowitz" [syn: border on]
3: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult
problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: set about, {go
about}]
4: come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old
age" [syn: come near]
5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or
suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as
his adviser in foreign matters"
Moby Dictionary
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achieve , achievement , act on , address , adit , advance , advances ,
advent , advise , agreement , air lock , algorithm , alikeness ,
alliance , analogy , answer , anticipate , ape , aping , apostrophize ,
appeal to , appear , appear like , appearance , apply to , approaches ,
appropinquate , approximate , approximation , arise , arrangement ,
arrival , arrive , arrive at , arrive in , asking price , assay ,
assimilation , asymptote , attack , attain , attain to , attainment ,
attempt , attitude , await , be around , be destined , be fated ,
be imminent , be in store , be like , be near , be received ,
be redolent of , be to be , be to come , bear down on , bear down upon ,
bear resemblance , bear up , bear upon , beg , begin to , beseech ,
bespeak , bid , blind landing , blow in , blueprint , blueprinting ,
bob up , bottleneck , break the ice , brew , bribe , bring to mind ,
buttonhole , buy , buy off , calculation , call , call to , call to mind ,
call up , center , centralize , chance , charting , check in , clock in ,
close , close in , close up , close with , closeness , collision course ,
come , come along , come close , come closer , come forth ,
come forward , come in , come into being , come into existence ,
come near , come on , come to , come to hand , come together , come up ,
coming , coming in , communicate with , community , comparability ,
compare with , comparison , concenter , concentralization ,
concentralize , concentrate , concentration , conception , concourse ,
concurrence , confer , confines , confluence , conflux , conformity ,
confront , congress , consult , contact , contrivance , converge ,
convergence , converging , copy , copying , correspond , correspond to ,
correspondence , corridor , corrupt , counsel , counterfeit , course ,
court , crack , crop up , crossing , cultivate , design , device ,
disposition , draw , draw near , draw nigh , draw on , effort ,
encounter , endeavor , engage , enterprise , entrance , entranceway ,
entreat , entry , entryway , environs , envisagement , equal , essay ,
establish connection , evoke , exert influence , expect , experiment ,
face , fall in with , fashion , favor , feeler , fetch , fetch up at ,
figuring , find , fix , fling , focalization , focus , follow ,
foreground , foresee , foresight , foretell , forethought , form ,
forthcome , forthcoming , funnel , futurity , gain , gain upon , gambit ,
game , gangplank , gangway , gather , get at , get cozy with , get in ,
get there , get to , get warm , go , graphing , grease , grease the palm ,
greet , ground plan , guidelines , guise , hail , hall , halloo ,
hang over , hit , hit town , hope , hover , hub , idea , identity ,
imitate , imitation , immediacy , immediate foreground ,
immediate future , imminence , impend , impendence , impendency ,
implore , importune , in , ingress , inlet , intake , intention ,
interrogate , intersect , invitation , invoke , landing , layout ,
lead on , lick , lie ahead , lie over , lift a finger , likeness ,
likening , line , line of action , lines , lineup , lobby ,
lobby through , long-range plan , look for , look forward to ,
look like , loom , lower , magnetize , maintain connection , make ,
make a pass , make advances , make an attempt , make an effort ,
make an overture , make contact with , make it , make overtures ,
make up to , manner , manner of working , mapping , master plan , match ,
materialize , means , means of access , meet , meeting , memorialize ,
menace , metaphor , method , methodology , mimic , mimicking , mirror ,
mode , mode of operation , mode of procedure , modus operandi , move ,
movement , mutual approach , narrow the gap , narrowing gap , near ,
near future , nearly reproduce , nearness , negotiate , neighborhood ,
nigh , nighness , nip , not tell apart , offer , offering , opening ,
operations research , order , organization , overhang , overture ,
overtures , parallel , parallelism , parity , parley , partake of ,
passage , passageway , path , pay addresses to , pay court to , pay off ,
pinch , plan , planning , planning function , play up to , plead , plot ,
pop up , practice , prearrangement , precinct , predict ,
preliminary approach , present itself , presentation , procedure ,
proceeding , process , proffer , program , program of action , project ,
prophesy , propinquity , proposals , propose to , proposition ,
propositions , proximate , proximity , pull in , pull strings ,
punch in , purchase , purlieus , question , radius , raise ,
rationalization , reach , reaching , relate to , remind one of ,
reply to , resemblance , resemble , respond to , ring in , rival ,
roll in , routine , run after , run together , salute , sameness ,
savor of , schedule , schema , schematism , schematization , scheme ,
scheme of arrangement , seem like , semblance , setup , shine up to ,
shot , show up , sidle up to , sign in , similarity , simile ,
similitude , simulate , simulation , smack of , solicit , sound like ,
sound out , speak , speak fair , speak to , spokes , spring up , stab ,
stack up , stack up with , step , step up , strategic plan , strategy ,
stroke , strong bid , style , submission , suborn , suggest , supplicate ,
system , systematization , tack , tactical plan , tactics , take after ,
take aside , take care of , talk to , tamper with , tangent , taper ,
technique , tentative , tentative approach , the big picture ,
the drill , the how , the picture , the way of , threaten ,
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