All 12 Uses of
approach
in
1984 by Orwell
- A momentary hush passed over the group of people round the chairs as they saw the black overalls of an Inner Party member approaching.
p. 10..9 (definition 1)approaching = getting nearer
- He believed in the principles of Ingsoc, he venerated Big Brother, he rejoiced over victories, he hated heretics, not merely with sincerity but with a sort of restless zeal, an up-to-dateness of information, which the ordinary Party member did not approach.
p. 55..2 (definition 1) *approach = get near
- Winston caught scraps of conversation as he approached.
p. 83..1 (definition 1)approached = got near
- A week had gone by since she had first approached him.
p. 112..9 (definition 2) *approached = begun communication on a delicate topic
- He still had not the courage to approach her.
p. 119..5 (definition 1)approach = get near
- If she judged that the coast was clear she would blow her nose when he approached; otherwise he was to walk past her without recognition.
p. 127..6 (definition 1)approached = got near
- As they drifted down the crowded pavements, not quite abreast and never looking at one another, they carried on a curious, intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse, suddenly nipped into silence by the approach of a Party uniform or the proximity of a telescreen, then taken up again minutes later in the middle of a sentence, then abruptly cut short as they parted at the agreed spot, then continued almost without introduction on the following day.
p. 128..5 (definition 1)approach = coming near
- But in matters of vital importance — meaning, in effect, war and police espionage — the empirical approach is still encouraged, or at least tolerated.
p. 193..6 (definition 3) *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- There was another spasm in his entrails, the heavy boots were approaching.
p. 232..4 (definition 1)approaching = getting nearer
- The boots were approaching again.
p. 238..8 (definition 1)
- He approached it, then stopped short.
p. 271..1 (definition 1)approached = got near
- One of them approached with the gin bottle.
p. 297..7 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(2) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
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(3) (approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place