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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•proach /əˈproʊtʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to come nearer (to): [~ + object]The plane approached the runway.[no object]We watched as the plane approached.
- [~ + object] to come within range for comparison: As a poet he can't approach Keats.
- [~ + object] to make contact with, usually in order to start negotiations with: We approached the company with an offer.
- [~ + object] to begin work on;
set about: to approach the problem from a new angle. n. [countable] - an act or instance of approaching: the approach of a train;
the approach of winter. - a means of access or of coming to: the major approaches to the city.
- the method used or steps taken in setting about a task:the problem needs a different approach.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•proach (ə prōch′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to come near or nearer to:The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- to come near to in quality, character, time, or condition;
to come within range for comparison:As a poet he hardly approaches Keats. - to present, offer, or make a proposal or request to:to approach the president with a suggestion.
- to begin work on;
set about:to approach a problem. - to make advances to;
address. - to bring near to something.
v.i. - to come nearer;
draw near:A storm is approaching. - to come near in character, time, amount, etc.;
approximate. n. - the act of drawing near:the approach of a train.
- nearness or close approximation:a fair approach to accuracy.
- any means of access, as a road or ramp:the approaches to a city.
- the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc.:His approach to any problem was to prepare an outline.
- the course to be followed by an aircraft in approaching for a landing or in joining a traffic pattern:The plane's approach to the airport was hazardous.
- Sometimes, approaches. a presentation, offer, or proposal.
- Military approaches, works for protecting forces in an advance against a fortified position.
- SportAlso called approach shot. [Golf.]a stroke made after teeing off, by which a player attempts to get the ball onto the putting green.
- Sport[Bowling.]
- the steps taken and the manner employed in delivering the ball:He favors a four-step approach.
- the area behind the foul line, from which the ball is delivered.
- Late Latin adpropiāre, verb, verbal derivative, with ad- ad-, of Latin propius nearer (comparative of prope near), replacing Latin appropinquāre; (noun, nominal) late Middle English approche, derivative of the verb, verbal
- Anglo-French, Old French a(p)rocher
- (verb, verbal) Middle English a(p)prochen 1275–1325
ap•proach′er, n. ap•proach′less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged near, close with.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sound out.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged withdraw.
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