'approach' definitions:

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" [syn: approach, attack, plan of attack]

The act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, approaching, coming]

A way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: access, approach]

The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn: approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope]

The event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approach, approaching]

A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]

The temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: 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" [syn: approach, approach shot]

Move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: 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" [syn: border on, approach]

Begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: set about, go about, approach]

Come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" [syn: 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"