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) 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.