approach

Plural: approaches

Noun

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
  • "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"
• the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
• a way of entering or leaving
• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
• the event of one object coming closer to another
• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
  • "the approach of winter"
• a close approximation
  • "the nearest approach to genius"
• 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"
• An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
• An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
• An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
• An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
• A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
• A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
• An opportunity of drawing near; access.
• The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
• The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
• A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
• The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
• Ellipsis of approach shot.

Verb

Verb Forms: approached, approaching, approaches

• To come near or nearer to someone or something.
• move towards
  • "We were approaching our destination"
• come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  • "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
• begin to deal with
  • "approach a task"
  • "approach a new project"
• come near in time
  • "Winter is approaching"
  • "approaching old age"
• make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
  • "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
• To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
• To play an approach shot.
• Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
• Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
• To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
• To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
• To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
• To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
• To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
• To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.

Examples

• As we drove along the driveway, the trees approaching the house seemed more eerie.
• He approached the age of manhood.
• He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
• I carefully approach every move, trying to maximize points while blocking my opponent.
• We flew the RNAV/GPS A approach to runway 16.
• “Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.

Synonyms

access, advance, approach path, approach shot, approaching, attack, border on, come near, come on, coming, draw close, draw near, feeler, glide path, glide slope, go about, go up, near, overture, plan of attack, set about, Formal terms, Informal and slang terms, Netflix and chill, approach, bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, dip one's pen in someone's inkwell, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engage in sex, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, get the dirty water off one's chest, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have intimate relations, have it away, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hide the salami, hide the sausage, hide the wienie, hike the Appalachian Trail, hook up, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, knock boots, know, know someone in the biblical sense, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it, make love, make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, penetrate, pipe, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, rail, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, strain, tumble

Anagrams of approach