Word Finder - approach

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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

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An access, or opportunity of drawing near.

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(in plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.

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A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

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A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.

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1991, Carol Lee Johnston, Jeanne Lazaris, Plane Trigonometry, A New Approach.

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(used only in the plural, fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

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An approach shot.

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The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.

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The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.

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as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

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To come near to in place, time, character or value; to draw nearer to.

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"Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge.

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To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).

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To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.

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To take approaches to.

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To bring near; to cause to draw near.

Her plan was to approach the building from the back parking lot.

Sofia didn't have time to plot how to approach her.

Deidre heard him approach from behind.

This approach is even more flawed than the first.

To achieve this, a catchment based approach is required.

She felt comfortable enough now to approach that intimate conversation.

She didn't hear him approach, but he sounded close.

When you approach retirement, you will need to know who will step into their shoes.

Guards drew arrows back at their approach, and Rissa roused herself.

At dinner the talk turned on the war, the approach of which was becoming evident.

This approach has a long and mostly negative history.

Something was troubling him and he was trying to figure out the best way to approach it.

Rhyn ignored Hannah's approach, and Toby shuffled his feet.

She leaned back, considering how best to approach it.

This was the nearest approach I could get to Harvard and to the fulfillment of my childish declaration.

From the corner of her eye she saw them approach, but the amber gaze held hers in its intoxicating grip.

They parked behind rocks, away from the direction of their approach, and immediately saw a nearly invisible path upward.

Only when he sensed the approach of someone behind him did he realized it was real.

I decided that being truthful was the best approach.

Xander watched her approach, seemingly at ease while the world went to shit around him.

McNulty felt that the key issue would be a partnership approach with clubs to draw down extra funding.

Alex was sitting in his chair and they were alone at the moment, so it was a good time to approach him.

Hannah glanced up with a smile at her approach and patted the seat beside her.

It was her responsibility now and having a job would give her the opportunity for a more modern approach to being a wife and mother.

Cornwall was one of the first counties in the UK to adopt this action plan approach.

He preferred the direct approach over any form of subtlety.

This approach, however, has a couple of downsides.

By adopting smaller and smaller elements of motion we only approach a solution of the problem, but never reach it.

In short, we suggest that a more holistic approach to the evaluation of these packages is needed.

She heard him approach from the direction of the stairs some time later.

She straightened her shoulders, determined to approach her fate without fear.

Perhaps we should endeavor to approach our problem together.

The Black God turned at his approach.

Having spent most of his years in battle, he understood when a traditional approach would not work with an unusual opponent.

In many cases the rivers as they approach the main stream break up into numerous branches, or spread their waters over vast flats.

War did not again approach the city.

It was the approach proposed by the sciences education board of the national research council in the USA.

It looked as if by that slight motion the army itself was expressing its joy at the approach of the Emperors.

He was in a state of suppressed excitement and irritation, though controlledly calm as a man is at the approach of a long-awaited moment.

Lana watched him approach, the same uncertainty on her features.

The sound of tires crunching on gravel announced the approach of a vehicle.

Darkyn saw it somehow, and Deidre suspected Gabriel's here-gone approach to her was his way of hiding how much he did care.

Rhyn watched her approach, his gaze dropping from his foes to her sweet face.

She debated returning to her quarters until she could find a more private moment to approach him.

The ground approach slowed drastically as the pod's thrusters roared but was still too fast for her comfort.

The building, sometimes of huge dimensions, is invariably surrounded by a raised gallery, reached by a flight of steps in the centre of the approach front, the balustrade of which is a continuation of the gallery railing.

It seemed as though not the trumpeters were playing, but as if the army itself, rejoicing at the Emperors' approach, had naturally burst into music.

In winter, for example, when the northern monsoon begins to blow, numbers of denizens of the Sea of Okhotsk swim southward to the more genial waters of north Japan; and in summer the Indian Ocean and the Malayan archipelago send to her southern coasts a crowd of emigrants which turn homeward again at the approach of winter.

The eastern part of the country has always had a rather lackadaisical approach to maintenance, Tim said.

Near the Capitol, at the approach of the memorial bridge across the Park river, is the Soldiers' and Sailors' memorial arch, designed by George Keller and erected by the city in 1885 in memory of the Hartford soldiers and sailors who served in the American Civil War.