1. n. the act of drawing spatially closer to something (view details)
2. n. a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green (view details)
3. n. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation (view details)
4. n. a way of entering or leaving (view details)
5. n. a close approximation (view details)
6. n. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time (view details)
7. n. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others (view details)
8. n. the event of one object coming closer to another (view details)
9. n. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing (view details)
10. v. make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion (view details)
11. v. come near in time (view details)
12. v. move towards (view details)
13. v. begin to deal with (view details)
14. v. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something
Usage Example(s): the hunter’’s approach scattered the geese
Synonym(s): approaching ( what does approaching stand for? ), coming ( what does coming stand for? )
approach is a kind of: motion ( what does motion stand for? ), move ( what does move stand for? ), movement ( what does movement stand for? )
approach is derived from: approach ( what does approach stand for? ), come ( what does come stand for? ), come near ( what does come near stand for? ), come on ( what does come on stand for? ), come up ( what does come up stand for? ), draw close ( what does draw close stand for? ), draw near ( what does draw near stand for? ), go up ( what does go up stand for? ), near ( what does near stand for? )

Meaning 2: (noun) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
Usage Example(s): he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Synonym(s): approach shot ( what does approach shot stand for? )
approach is a kind of: golf shot ( what does golf shot stand for? ), golf stroke ( what does golf stroke stand for? ), swing ( what does swing stand for? )

Meaning 3: (noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
Usage Example(s): an attack on inflation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, his plan of attack was misguided
Synonym(s): attack ( what does attack stand for? ), plan of attack ( what does plan of attack stand for? )
approach is a kind of: conceptualisation ( what does conceptualisation stand for? ), conceptualization ( what does conceptualization stand for? ), formulation ( what does formulation stand for? )
approach is derived from: approach, go about ( what does go about stand for? ), set about ( what does set about stand for? )

Meaning 4: (noun) a way of entering or leaving
Usage Example(s): he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Synonym(s): access ( what does access stand for? )
approach is a kind of: way ( what does way stand for? )

Meaning 5: (noun) a close approximation
Usage Example(s): the nearest approach to genius
approach is a kind of: similarity ( what does similarity stand for? )
approach is derived from: approach, border on ( what does border on stand for? )

Meaning 6: (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
Usage Example(s): the approach of winter
Synonym(s): approaching, coming
approach is a kind of: timing ( what does timing stand for? )
approach is derived from: approach, come, come near

Meaning 7: (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Usage Example(s): she rejected his advances
Synonym(s): advance ( what does advance stand for? ), feeler ( what does feeler stand for? ), overture ( what does overture stand for? )
approach is derived from: approach

Meaning 8: (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another
Synonym(s): approaching
approach is derived from: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near

Meaning 9: (noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Synonym(s): approach path ( what does approach path stand for? ), glide path ( what does glide path stand for? ), glide slope ( what does glide slope stand for? )

Meaning 10: (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
Usage Example(s): I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
approach is derived from: advance, approach, feeler, overture

Meaning 11: (verb) come near in time
Usage Example(s): Winter is approaching, approaching old age
Synonym(s): come near
approach is derived from: approach, approaching, coming

Meaning 12: (verb) move towards
Usage Example(s): The enemy army came nearer and nearer, They are drawing near, We were approaching our destination
Synonym(s): come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near
approach is derived from: approach, approaching, coming
approach implies: advance, go on ( what does go on stand for? ), march on ( what does march on stand for? ), move on ( what does move on stand for? ), pass on ( what does pass on stand for? ), progress ( what does progress stand for? )

Meaning 13: (verb) begin to deal with
Usage Example(s): approach a new project, approach a task, go about a difficult problem
Synonym(s): go about, set about
approach is derived from: approach, attack, plan of attack

Meaning 14: (verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
Usage Example(s): His playing approaches that of Horowitz, This borders on discrimination!
Synonym(s): border on
approach is derived from: approach

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