Approach — synonyms, definition

1. approach (Noun)

Advent access accession advance agency aim angle appearance approach path approach shot approaching arrival aspect attack attitude avenue bearing coming coming nearer commentary • • •

approach (Noun) — Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation. ex. "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"

approach (Noun) — A way of entering or leaving. ex. "he took a wrong turn on the approach to the bridge"

approach (Noun) — The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.

approach (Noun) — The event of one object coming closer to another.

approach (Noun) — A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others. ex. "she rejected his approaches"

approach (Noun) — The temporal property of becoming nearer in time. ex. "the approach of winter"

approach (Noun) — A close approximation. ex. "the nearest approach to genius"

approach (Noun) — (golf) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green. ex. "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"

Timing air lane airway conceptualisation conceptualization flight path formulation golf shot golf stroke motion movement proffer proposition similarity skyway suggestion swing way avenue chip chip shot entrance entranceway entree entry entryway pitch pitch shot approach pattern pattern traffic pattern

2. approach (Verb)

accost act toward add up to address advance amount to appeal to appear apply approximate arrive behave toward better border on call close close in close in on close in upon come • • •

approach (Verb) — Move towards.

approach (Verb) — Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character. ex. "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

approach (Verb) — Begin to deal with. ex. "approach a task"

approach (Verb) — Come near in time. ex. "Winter is approaching" ex. "approaching old age"

approach (Verb) — Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion. ex. "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

accost act address approximate buttonhole come come close come up come up to move nobble bear down on bear down upon close confront converge crowd drive up edge in edge up face face up get on hit push

3. approach (Adjective)

at hand close at hand imminent impendent impending

approach (Adjective) — Close in time; about to occur. ex. "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

motion move movement access closing closure landing approach run-up