All 14 Uses
approach
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.p. 29.5 - I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.p. 26.9 - Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight
With a new Gorgon.p. 67.1 - Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight
With a new Gorgon.p. 70.1 - Now spurs the lated traveller apace,
To gain the timely inn, and near approaches
The subject of our watch.p. 97.1 - Now spurs the lated traveller apace,
To gain the timely inn, and near approaches
The subject of our watch.p. 102.5 - Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
p. 107.2
- Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
p. 116.3
- I doubt some danger does approach you nearly.
p. 137.5
- I doubt some danger does approach you nearly.
p. 152.2
- Whither, indeed, before thy here-approach,
p. 147.9
- Whither, indeed, before thy here-approach,
p. 166.1
- The time approaches,
p. 175.8 *
- The time approaches,
p. 198.1 *
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
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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.