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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Approached}; p. pr & vb n. {Approaching}.] [OE. approchen aprochen OF approcher LL appropriare fr L. ad + propiare to draw near prope near.] 1. To come or go near in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2 Sam. xi 20. But exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25. 2. To draw near in a figurative sense to make advances; to approximate; as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. t. 1. To bring near to cause to draw near to advance. [Archaic] --Boyle. 2. To come near to in place time, or character; to draw nearer to as to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. --Temple. 3. (Mil.) To take approaches to From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche See {Approach}, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near a coming or advancing near ``The approach of summer.'' --Horsley. A nearer approach to the human type --Owen. 2. A access or opportunity of drawing near The approach to kings and principal persons. --Bacon. 3. pl Movements to gain favor; advances. 4. A way passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access --Macaulay. 5. pl (Fort.) The advanced works trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post 6. (Hort.) See {Approaching}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: approach n 1: a formulation adopted in tackling a problem; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons" [syn: {attack}, {plan of attack}] 2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: {approaching}, {coming}] 3: a way of entering or leaving "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: {access}] 4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn: {approach path}, {glide path}, {glide slope}] 5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: {approaching}] 6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others "she rejected his advances" [syn: {overture}, {advance}, {feeler}] 7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: {approaching}, {coming}] 8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" 9: a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" [syn: {approach shot}] v 1: move towards; draw closer to "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: {near}, {come on}, {go up}, {draw near}, {come near}] 2: come near or verge on resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches tht of Horowitz" [syn: {border on}] 3: begin to deal with "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project" [syn: {set about}, {go about}] 4: metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" [syn: {come near}] 5: make advances to someone usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
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