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(noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
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Synonyms: approaching, coming |
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Related Words: access, closing, closure, landing approach, motion, move, movement, run-up |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: approach shot |
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Related Words: chip, chip shot, golf shot, golf stroke, pitch, pitch shot, swing |
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(noun) a formulation adopted in tackling a problem; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons" |
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Synonyms: attack, plan of attack |
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Related Words: avenue, conceptualisation, conceptualization, formularising, formularizing, formulation |
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(verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" |
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Related Words: accost, address, come up to |
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(verb) metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
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Synonyms: come near |
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Related Words: come, come up, get on |
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(verb) move towards; draw closer to; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
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Synonyms: come near, come on, draw near, go up, near |
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Related Words: bear down on, bear down upon, close, come, come up, crowd, drive up, edge in, edge up, push |
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(noun) a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" |
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Related Words: approximation |
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(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" |
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Synonyms: approaching, coming |
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Related Words: timing |
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(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another |
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Synonyms: approaching |
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Related Words: motion, movement |
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(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches tht of Horowitz" |
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Synonyms: border on |
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Related Words: approximate, come close, converge |
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(noun) a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
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Synonyms: access |
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Related Words: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, way |
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(noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing |
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Synonyms: approach path, glide path, glide slope |
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Related Words: air lane, airway, flight path |
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(verb) begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project" |
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Synonyms: go about, set about |
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Related Words: act, confront, face, face up, move |
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(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" |
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Synonyms: advance, feeler, overture |
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Related Words: proffer, proposition, suggestion |
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