Definitions for approach

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approach ap·proach

Spelling: [uh-prohch]

IPA: /əˈproʊtʃ/

Approach is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in approach (aachoppr).

Definitions for approach

noun

1. the act of drawing near:
2. nearness or close approximation:
3. any means of access, as a road or ramp:
4. the method used or steps taken in setting about a task, problem, etc.:
5. the course to be followed by an aircraft in approaching for a landing or in joining a traffic pattern:
6. Sometimes, approaches. a presentation, offer, or proposal.
7. approaches, Military. works for protecting forces in an advance against a fortified position.
8. Also called approach shot. Golf. a stroke made after teeing off, by which a player attempts to get the ball onto the putting green.
9. Bowling. the steps taken and the manner employed in delivering the ball: Also called runway. the area behind the foul line, from which the ball is delivered.

verb (used with object)

1. to come near or nearer to:
2. to come near to in quality, character, time, or condition; to come within range for comparison:
3. to present, offer, or make a proposal or request to:
4. to begin work on; set about:
5. to make advances to; address.
6. to bring near to something.

verb (used without object)

1. to come nearer; draw near:
2. to come near in character, time, amount, etc.; approximate.

Origin of approach

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English a(p)prochen Anglo-French, Old French a(p)rocher Late Latin adpropiāre, verbal derivative, with ad- ad-, of Latin propius nearer (comparat

Examples for approach

But we were attempting a deliberate naiveté, a decision to approach these books as if they might have something to teach us.

They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."

There was no danger of discovery on his approach, for it was a wild night of wind and rain.

But this approach can be troublesome for a variety of reasons.

Like any good marketer, Silverman says he has sales figures proving his approach is working.

But she could not help smiling, so evident was it that he simply wished to approach her.

This is kind of an accidental career for me—which is why I approach it with irreverence and playfulness.

He was prevented from replying by the approach of Simba at the head of eight of the askaris.

For days and days they flanked the safari before venturing to approach.

But such an approach works against the traditional pride in self-sufficiency espoused by many in the American middle class.