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approach English

Meaning approach meaning

What does approach mean?
Definitions in simple English

approach Verb

— If you approach something, you move closer to it. We're now approaching the last bus stop. Please move towards the door. It's now approaching six o'clock. When you hear the beep, it will be exactly six o'clock. — If you approach a problem, or a job you try to deal with it. We've got a difficult situation here, and I'm not sure how to approach it.

approach Noun

— An approach is a way of doing something. We need children and adults to take a proactive approach to reducing gun violence. Most students benefit from a hands-on approach to learning. He had an innovative approach to solving mechanical problems. All of those things together provide a balanced approach that will get the economy this moving again. The president appears to have adopted this new approach. Research has emphasized a family-based approach to coping with the illness. Such programs employ a one-on-one approach where parents work with the doctor. But many economists advocate a far simpler approach. Private and public schools differ in their approaches to students. We found a need for additional study before implementing this approach. — An approach is movement towards something. And he made a cautious approach to the boat. — An approach is the road or path that leads to a place. There were cameras on all approaches to the house.

approach

— verb (= near, draw near) move towards We were approaching our destination They are drawing near The enemy army came nearer and nearer — noun (= attack, plan of attack) 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 an attack on inflation his plan of attack was misguided — noun (= approaching) the act of drawing spatially closer to something the hunter's approach scattered the geese — verb (= border on) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character This borders on discrimination! His playing approaches that of Horowitz — verb (= come near) come near in time Winter is approaching approaching old age — verb make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters — verb (= go about) begin to deal with approach a task go about a difficult problem approach a new project — noun (= access) a way of entering or leaving he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge — noun 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 — noun the event of one object coming closer to another — noun (= approaching) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time the approach of winter — noun a close approximation the nearest approach to genius — noun (= approach path) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing — noun (= advance) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others she rejected his advances

Synonyms approach synonyms

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approach English » English

draw near come near near come go reach arrival access go near come closer come close go up coming come up approaching go towards come near to advance attitude come close to arrive approximation method enter move towards move entry come up to come on border on arrive at approximate accost visit turn to procedure move near draw nearer draw close come nearer close in avenue attack appear accession verge technique set about rapprochement proximity

Topics approach topics

What do people use approach to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Speak with others

Contact
Work and occupation Work

Method
Physical actions Move

Move toward something
States Big Distance

Near
States Time Aspectual time Future

Soon

Conjugation approach conjugation

How do you conjugate approach?

approach · verb

Examples approach examples

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Simple sentences

The president is difficult to approach.
Neither approach is ideal.
Tom criticized Mary's approach.
Mankind digs its own grave by its approach.
They ruined his life with their approach.
Tom was outraged by their approach.
It is the correct approach to modern ski technique.
That's the best approach to the study of English.
Let's try another approach to the matter.
Let's approach this problem from a different aspect.
That's a good approach.
An exclusively behavioral approach to psychology ignores family problems, school situations, and a host of other issues that can adversely affect a child's emotional and psychological growth.
He wants me to approach it with care.
Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, daughter of Elysium, we approach fire-drunk, heavenly One, your shrine.
There is an urgent need for a new approach to dealing with this problem.
Approach! The time has come. one of us must die.
He tried to approach her using every possible means.
I will show you a new approach to foreign language learning.
The best approach to Lisbon is by sea.
This road is the only approach to the city.
Don't approach the dog.
I don't think this is a good approach to biology.
My boss told me it's hard to approach me.
I understand the general approach, but I'm afraid that I'm getting bogged down in the details.
He is a hard man to approach.
Let's approach this from a different angle.
Five self-help books later, Sergey still had a terribly ineffective approach to management.
Tom can't decide which approach to take.

Movie subtitles

Yeah, I'm trying this really new radical approach to studying.
Sometimes the best way to handle things is the mature, non-paintball approach.
Plus, I'll approach Jed Charmers.
I've decided the best way to approach this is to concentrate on one missing woman at a time, starting with.
Well, Julia and I take a more egalitarian approach to decision making, but. Miss Cherry does seem a fine choice, George.
And from his lofty vantage point of deck, the skipper saw a lengthy procession approach his skip.
Try to approach undetected and then take them by storm.
We did not approach you.
I'm sorry, you did approach us!
Will counsel for the defense please approach the bench?
Chasms of fat no one would dare approach.
Let him approach.
Don't approach him directly from the front.
Then arose, purple glowing, veils shimmering in a thousand colourings, shining mists like eerie heralds came along, announcing its approach: the sun.
We did not approach you. - I'm sorry, you did approach us!
Various outlines, treatments and scripts were submitted by 12 writers, before RC Sherriffs approach was accepted by all involved, including author HG Wells.
Many other performers and technicians have noted Whale's meticulous approach.
The approach presents the invisible man as a scientist who was able to make himself invisible to obliterate a ghastly disfigurement.
That particular approach has not shown up as of now.
It's the first time in my life I let someone approach me.
Well, first, the single approach to the Mutia Escarpment is said to lie through the Gaboni country.
At midnight two suspicious characters approach the old mill. At midnight two suspicious characters approach the old mill.
Approach.
You don't let strangers approach you.
What would be more obvious than to approach the incidentally present Sherlock Holmes and to confide these sorrows to him, to ask him for advice and action, and to pay him fees and advancements.
Don't approach me on the street.

News and current affairs

But then technology, demographics, and globalization brought dramatic new challenges that the neoclassical approach could not foresee.
This approach is straightforward, efficient, accountable, and scientifically sound.
Fortunately, some US lawmakers are taking a strong interest in this approach.
From now on, sustainable development must not be a mere slogan, but rather an operational approach to global governance and well-being on a strained and crowded planet.
We could all be morally better, but it is clear that this traditional approach cannot take us much further.
It should give member states the chance to develop an approach to Europe that suits their national traditions, within the EU framework.
A new approach is needed: the European Union should use the prospect of European integration as the way to promote regional integration.
After NATO intervention in Kosovo, European leaders made this approach the cornerstone of their vision for the Balkans. It was enshrined in the Stability Pact signed at the Sarajevo Summit of July, 1999.
At the same time, Bush's emphasis on a one-dimensional, militarized approach to global problems has fueled unrest and instability throughout the Islamic world, leading to increased terrorism in Turkey, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Southeast Asia.
As 2003 draws to a close, it is time for world leaders to help guide the world away from the obsessive, failing approach of America's government.
China exemplified this approach.
Yet, in the aftermath of a balance-sheet recession in the US, and in the midst of a debt trap in Europe, that approach is doomed to failure.
Questioning culture is, of course, a politically incorrect approach.
Coalition forces should take a more robust approach to the drug problem.
But reality has shown that this approach is not tenable.
This incremental approach has worked well in the past; indeed, today's European Union resulted from it.
Not surprisingly, many UN agencies and aid agencies in rich countries fight this approach.
After NATO intervention in Kosovo, European leaders made this approach the cornerstone of their vision for the Balkans.
The current approach - concentrating only on the financing needs and fiscal adjustment in 2010, and leaving all the hard choices for later - will not work.
His hard-line approach isolated Japan and angered China, leading to an outburst of anti-Japanese demonstrations in China in 2005.

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