approach

Meanings

Verb

• To come or go near, in place or time; 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 come near to (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.

Noun

• 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.
• 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 area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• instrument approach
• nonprecision approach
• precision approach
• visual approach

Origin

• From Middle English approchen, aprochen,{{R:MED Online|entry=
• From Middle English approche, from approchen, aprochen; see etymology 1.