approach

/ə'proʊʧ/ nounverb
8 letters2 syllables17 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS14
NOUN
1

The act of drawing spatially closer to something.

“the hunter's approach scattered the geese”

2

The temporal property of becoming nearer in time.

“the approach of winter”

3

The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.

4

A close approximation.

“the nearest approach to genius”

5

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”

6

The event of one object coming closer to another.

7

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”

8

A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.

9

A way of entering or leaving.

VERB
1

Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.

“His playing approaches that of Horowitz”

2

Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.

“I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters”

3

Move towards.

“We were approaching our destination”

4

Come near in time.

“Winter is approaching”

“approaching old age”

5

Begin to deal with.

“approach a task”

“approach a new project”

WORD FORMS
Related formapproachable
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®17 points
Words With Friends®19 points
Double word34 points
Triple word51 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinapproachway
Starts & ends withA … H
Syllablesap · proach
SYNONYMS & RELATED22
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