All 5 Uses of
approach
in
Of Mice and Men
- Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.
p. 9.2approached = got nearer
- Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.
p. 9.2
- The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes and the jingle of trace chains.
p. 30.0approaching = getting nearer
- Voices were approaching from outside.
p. 61.5 *
- Crooks saw the danger as it approached him.
p. 72.3approached = got near
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.