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approach

verb
  1. to make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
    “I was approached by the President to serve as an adviser in foreign matters.”
  2. to come near in time
    “Winter is approaching.”
    come near
  3. to move towards
    “We were approaching our destination.”
    neargo upcome ondraw closecome neardraw near
  4. to begin to deal with
    “They approached the task with enthusiasm.”
    set aboutgo about
  5. to come near, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
    “The writing approaches that of an 18th-century author.”
    border on
noun
  1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
    “the hunter's approach scattered the geese”
    coming
  2. a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
    “The tournament ended when the last golfer's approach rolled over the green and right past the hole.”
    approach shot
  3. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
    “The best approach to the problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons.”
    attack
  4. a way of entering or leaving
    access
  5. a close approximation
    “the nearest approach to genius”
  6. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
    “the approach of winter”
    coming
  7. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
    advance
  8. the event of one object coming closer to another
    approaching
  9. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
    approach pathglide pathglide slope