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English to English noun
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ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation |  | Example: 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
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something | | Example: the hunter's approach scattered the geese
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a way of entering or leaving | | Example: he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
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the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | | source: wordnet30
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the event of one object coming closer to another | | source: wordnet30
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a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | | Example: she rejected his advances
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | | Example: the approach of winter
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a close approximation | | Example: the nearest approach to genius
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a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | | Example: he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. | | source: webster1913
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A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. | | source: webster1913 verb
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move towards | | Example: We were approaching our destination
They are drawing near
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
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come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | | Example: This borders on discrimination!
His playing approaches that of Horowitz
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begin to deal with | | Example: approach a task
go about a difficult problem
approach a new project
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come near in time | | Example: Winter is approaching
approaching old age
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make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | | Example: I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. | | source: webster1913
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To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. | | source: webster1913
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