All 3 Uses of
approach
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Approaching from the rear, Montag entered the men's washroom.
p. 119.3approaching = arriving
- Montag approached from the rear, creeping through a thick night-moistened scent of daffodils and roses and wet grass.
p. 123.4 *approached = came near
- But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off.
p. 139.1approached = moved 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) 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.