All 5 Uses of
approach
in
Brave New World
- The ruddy young man approached.
p. 8.7 *approached = came near
- As they approached, the sun came out of a momentary eclipse behind a cloud.
p. 20.5approached = got nearer
- The nurses obeyed; but at the approach of the roses, at the mere sight of those gaily-coloured images of pussy and cock-a-doodle-doo and baa-baa black sheep, the infants shrank away in horror, the volume of their howling suddenly increased.
p. 21.8approach = moving near
- The approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulation of lower-caste activity.
p. 73.3 *approaches = routes that lead to a particular place
- And all at once a great synthetic bass boomed out the words which announced the approaching atonement and final consummation of solidarity, the coming of the Twelve-in-One, the incarnation of the Greater Being.
p. 84.8approaching = getting nearer
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
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(3)
(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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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.