All 7 Uses of
approach
in
Ender's Game
- A voice over the speaker told them they were approaching the school; it took twenty minutes to decelerate and dock.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)approaching = getting near
- I could have drawn my gun, thought Ender, as the enemy approached the door.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)approached = got near
- Other soldiers approached his table at mess and asked permission to sit down.
Chpt 9 (definition 1) *approached = went to
- If that had been a good army, C toon, your approach was so slow they would have had you from the flanks before you got into good position.
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- It was officially named for a dead Hegemon, but everybody called it Stumpy Point, after the pitiful little town that had been paved over when they made the approaches to the vast islands of steel and concrete that dotted Pamlico Sound.
Chpt 13 (definition 2)approaches = roads leading
- Every starship, with cruisers and fighters tucked into its belly, is out there approaching the buggers.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)approaching = moving toward
- Then the I.F. ships began approaching the bugger starships.
Chpt 14 (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: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place