Approach
nnoun.actideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situationSynset:attack plan of attack
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:conceptualisation conceptualization formulation
Inherited Hypernyms:approachconceptualizationcreating by mental actscreationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:avenue
nnoun.actthe act of drawing spatially closer to somethingSynset:approaching coming
Examples:- the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Derivationally Related Form:comeapproach
Hypernyms:motion move movement
Inherited Hypernyms:approachmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:accessclosingclosurelanding approachrun-up
Full Hyponyms:accessback doorclosinglanding approachovershootrun-up
nnoun.artifacta way of entering or leavingSynset:access
Examples:- he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Hypernyms:way
Inherited Hypernyms:accesswayartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:entranceentrancewayentreeentryentryway
Full Hyponyms:archback doordoorwaydutch doorentranceescape hatchexterior doorfront doorgatewayhatchwaypitheadportalporte-cochereservice doorside doorstage doorvomitory
nnoun.locationthe final path followed by an aircraft as it is landingSynset:approach path glide path glide slope
Part Holonyms:approach pattern pattern traffic pattern
Hypernyms:air lane airway flight path skyway
Inherited Hypernyms:approach pathair lanepathlinelocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.eventthe event of one object coming closer to anotherSynset:approaching
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:motion movement
Inherited Hypernyms:approachmovementhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of othersSynset:advance feeler overture
Examples:- she rejected his advances
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:proffer proposition suggestion
Inherited Hypernyms:overturesuggestionproposalmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe temporal property of becoming nearer in timeSynset:approaching coming
Derivationally Related Form:comeapproach
Hypernyms:timing
Inherited Hypernyms:approachtimingtemporal arrangementtemporal propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributea close approximationExamples:- the nearest approach to genius
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:similarity
Inherited Hypernyms:approachsimilaritysamenessqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.acta relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting greenTopic:golfgolf game
Synset:approach shot
Examples:- he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Hypernyms:golf shot golf stroke swing
Inherited Hypernyms:approachgolf strokestrokemaneuvermotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chipchip shotpitchpitch shot
vverb.motionmove towardsSynset:come near come on draw close draw near go up near
Examples:- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Derivationally Related Form:approachableapproach
Hypernyms:come come up
Inherited Hypernyms:approachcometravel
Direct Hyponyms:bear down onbear down uponclosecrowddrive upedge inedge uppush
Entailment:advance go on march on move on pass on progress
Full Troponyms:bear down onclosedrive upedge inpush
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: come near, draw near, approach)
vverb.stativecome near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or characterSynset:border on
Examples:- This borders on discrimination!
- His playing approaches that of Horowitz
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:approximate come close
Inherited Hypernyms:border onapproximateresemblematchequal
Direct Hyponyms:converge
Full Troponyms:converge
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.socialbegin to deal withSynset:go about set about
Examples:- approach a task
- go about a difficult problem
- approach a new project
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:set aboutact
Direct Hyponyms:confrontfaceface up
Full Troponyms:confrontriseundertake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s VERB-ing
vverb.motioncome near in timeSynset:come near
Examples:- Winter is approaching
- approaching old age
Derivationally Related Form:approach
Hypernyms:come come up
Inherited Hypernyms:approachcometravel
Direct Hyponyms:get on
Full Troponyms:get on
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationmake advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestionExamples:- I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
Derivationally Related Form:approachableapproach
Hypernyms:accost address come up to
Inherited Hypernyms:approachaddresscometravel
Direct Hyponyms:hit
Full Troponyms:hit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: approach)