approach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: approach	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for approach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approach n 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" Synonym(s): approach, attack, plan of attack the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" Synonym(s): approach, approaching, coming a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" Synonym(s): access, approach the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing Synonym(s): approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope the event of one object coming closer to another Synonym(s): approach, approaching a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" Synonym(s): overture, advance, approach, feeler the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" Synonym(s): approach, approaching, coming a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" 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" Synonym(s): approach, approach shot v move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" Synonym(s): approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" Synonym(s): border on, approach begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" Synonym(s): set about, go about, approach come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" Synonym(s): approach, come near make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approach \Approach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See {Approach}, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. [bd]The approach* of summer.[b8] --Horsley. A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen. 2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near. The approach to kings and principal persons. --Bacon. 3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances. 4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. --Macaulay. 5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. 6. (Hort.) See {Approaching}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Approached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approaching}.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2 Sam. xi. 20. But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25. 2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approach \Approach"\, v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] --Boyle. 2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach* the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. --Temple. 3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.