approach
move towards
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,823 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,944 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move towards also: near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near We were approaching our destinationThey are drawing near
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character also: border on This borders on discrimination!His playing approaches that of Horowitz
- begin to deal with also: set about, go about approach a taskgo about a difficult problem
- come near in time also: come near Winter is approachingapproaching old age
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
noun
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation also: attack, plan of attack his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and consan attack on inflation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something also: approaching, coming the hunter's approach scattered the geese
- a way of entering or leaving also: access he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
approach in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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When we approach Johnson's poetry, the revolution of taste becomes a more acute consideration.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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How, then, shall we perform it?--At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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A number of rabbits were feeding beneath it, but at his approach they instantly plunged into their burrows.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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A lady in a stout tweed skirt, who was bending over a flower bed, straightened herself at our approach.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Thus they were really more safe than indoors as no one could approach them without being detected while still far away.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1