All 19 Uses of
approach
in
Emma
- And then there was such comfort in the very easy distance of Randalls from Hartfield, so convenient for even solitary female walking, and in Mr. Weston's disposition and circumstances, which would make the approaching season no hindrance to their spending half the evenings in the week together.†
Chpt 1.1-2 (definition 1)
- She played and sang;—and drew in almost every style; but steadiness had always been wanting; and in nothing had she approached the degree of excellence which she would have been glad to command, and ought not to have failed of.†
Chpt 1.5-6 (definition 1)
- Kitty, a fair but frozen maid, Kindled a flame I yet deplore, The hood-wink'd boy I called to aid, Though of his near approach afraid, So fatal to my suit before.
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 1) *approach = coming
- They were now approaching the cottage, and all idle topics were superseded.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 1)
- The plan of a drain, the change of a fence, the felling of a tree, and the destination of every acre for wheat, turnips, or spring corn, was entered into with as much equality of interest by John, as his cooler manners rendered possible; and if his willing brother ever left him any thing to inquire about, his inquiries even approached a tone of eagerness.†
Chpt 1.11-12 (definition 1)
- They were just approaching the house where lived Mrs. and Miss Bates.†
Chpt 2.1-2 (definition 1)
- At this moment they were approaching Ford's, and he hastily exclaimed, "Ha! this must be the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives, as my father informs me.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 1)
- We have never been there above once since the new approach was made; but still I have no doubt that James will take you very safely.
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 2) *approach = route (way to get somewhere)
- When the Westons arrived, the kindest looks of love, the strongest of admiration were for her, from both husband and wife; the son approached her with a cheerful eagerness which marked her as his peculiar object, and at dinner she found him seated by her—and, as she firmly believed, not without some dexterity on his side.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1)
- In so large a party it was not necessary that Emma should approach her.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1)
- They combated the point some time longer in the same way; Emma rather gaining ground over the mind of her friend; for Mrs. Weston was the most used of the two to yield; till a little bustle in the room shewed them that tea was over, and the instrument in preparation;—and at the same moment Mr. Cole approaching to entreat Miss Woodhouse would do them the honour of trying it.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1)
- Voices approached the shop—or rather one voice and two ladies: Mrs. Weston and Miss Bates met them at the door.†
Chpt 2.9-10 (definition 1)
- With Mr. Weston's ball in view at least, there had been a great deal of insensibility to other things; but it was now too evident that she had not attained such a state of composure as could stand against the actual approach—new carriage, bell-ringing, and all.†
Chpt 2.13-14 (definition 1)
- The day approached, the day arrived; and after a morning of some anxious watching, Frank Churchill, in all the certainty of his own self, reached Randalls before dinner, and every thing was safe.
Chpt 3.1-2 (definition 1)approached = got near
- In the daily interchange of news, they must be again restricted to the other topics with which for a while the Sucklings' coming had been united, such as the last accounts of Mrs. Churchill, whose health seemed every day to supply a different report, and the situation of Mrs. Weston, whose happiness it was to be hoped might eventually be as much increased by the arrival of a child, as that of all her neighbours was by the approach of it.†
Chpt 3.5-6 (definition 1)
- — It led to nothing; nothing but a view at the end over a low stone wall with high pillars, which seemed intended, in their erection, to give the appearance of an approach to the house, which never had been there.†
Chpt 3.5-6 (definition 1)
- There was a bustle on her approach; a good deal of moving and talking.†
Chpt 3.7-8 (definition 1)
- Her heart beat quick on hearing Harriet's footstep and voice; so, she supposed, had poor Mrs. Weston felt when she was approaching Randalls.†
Chpt 3.11-12 (definition 1)
- The picture which she had then drawn of the privations of the approaching winter, had proved erroneous; no friends had deserted them, no pleasures had been lost.†
Chpt 3.11-12 (definition 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