approach

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
2. (intransitive) To play an approach shot.
3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
4. (intransitive, rare, transitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
5. (also, figuratively, transitive) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
6. (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
7. (transitive) Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
8. (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
9. (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
10. (archaic, euphemistic, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
11. (transitive) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.

Noun

1. (also, figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
2. An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
3. (also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
4. (also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
5. (figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
6. (archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access.
7. (also, attributive) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
8. (also, attributive) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
9. The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of approach shot.

Synonyms

draw near

come near

near

come

go

reach

arrival

access

go near

come closer

come close

coming

go up

approaching

come up

come near to

go towards

advance

attitude

arrive

approximation

come close to

enter

method

entry

arrive at

move towards

move

approximate

come up to

border on

come on

accost

accession

turn to

move near

draw close

procedure

avenue

draw nearer

visit

appear

close in

attack

👊

come nearer

set about

appeal to

technique

advent

close

Translations

avvicinarsi

sich nähern

acercarse

s’approcher

approcher

approche

sich annähern

aproximarse

approssimarsi

avvicinamento

accesso

naderen

yaklaşmak

Annäherung

avvicinare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aprochen

Cognate with French: approcher

Inherited from Middle English: approche

In summary

From Middle English aprochen, borrowed from Old French aprochier (modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (a variant of *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-kʷe (“suffix forming distributives from interrogatives”)).

Sentences

Tabitha on the other hand , chose a more pragmatic approach .

Waldorf schools traditionally employ a mixed approach .