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English noun: approach | |||
| 1. | approach (act) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | attack, plan of attack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conceptualisation, conceptualization, formulation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | avenue | ||
| 2. | approach (act) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | ||
| Samples | The hunter's approach scattered the geese. | ||
| Synonyms | approaching, coming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, closing, closure, landing approach, run-up | ||
| 3. | approach (artifact) a way of entering or leaving | ||
| Samples | He took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge. | ||
| Synonyms | access | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | way | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway | ||
| 4. | approach (location) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | ||
| Synonyms | approach path, glide path, glide slope | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air lane, airway, flight path, skyway | ||
| Part meronym | approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern | ||
| 5. | approach (event) the event of one object coming closer to another | ||
| Synonyms | approaching | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| 6. | approach (communication) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | ||
| Samples | She rejected his advances. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, feeler, overture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proffer, proposition, suggestion | ||
| 7. | approach (attribute) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | ||
| Samples | The approach of winter. | ||
| Synonyms | approaching, coming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | timing | ||
| 8. | approach (attribute) a close approximation | ||
| Samples | The nearest approach to genius. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | similarity | ||
| 9. | approach (act) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | ||
| Samples | He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green. | ||
| Synonyms | approach shot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | golf shot, golf stroke, swing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chip, chip shot, pitch, pitch shot | ||
| Domain category | golf, golf game | ||
English verb: approach | |||
| 1. | approach (motion) move towards | ||
| Samples | We were approaching our destination. They are drawing near. The enemy army came nearer and nearer. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue approach | ||
| Synonyms | come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come, come up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bear down on, bear down upon, close, crowd, drive up, edge in, edge up, push | ||
| Entail | advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress | ||
| Verb group | approach, come near | ||
| 2. | approach (stative) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | ||
| Samples | This borders on discrimination!. His playing approaches that of Horowitz. | ||
| Synonyms | border on | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approximate, come close | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | converge | ||
| 3. | approach (social) begin to deal with | ||
| Samples | Approach a task. Go about a difficult problem. Approach a new project. | ||
| Synonyms | go about, set about | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confront, face, face up | ||
| 4. | approach (motion) come near in time | ||
| Samples | Winter is approaching. Approaching old age. | ||
| Synonyms | come near | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come, come up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | get on | ||
| Verb group | approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | ||
| 5. | approach (communication) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | ||
| Samples | I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters. | ||
| Examples | They approach him to write the letter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accost, address, come up to | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hit | ||
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