APPROACH

AP ·PROACH 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 8 letters 🎲 Scrabble 17 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
  2. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  3. a way of entering or leaving
  4. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

💬 Examples

  • "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"
  • "an attack on inflation"
  • "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
  • "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
verb
  1. move towards
  2. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  3. begin to deal with
  4. come near in time

💬 Examples

  • "We were approaching our destination"
  • "They are drawing near"
  • "This borders on discrimination!"
  • "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
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